Accreditation Standards
The Australian and New Zealand Podiatry Accreditation Council (ANZPAC) is the accreditation authority responsible for accrediting education providers and programs of study for the podiatry profession. Accreditation Standards are used to assess whether a program of study, and the education provider that provides the program of study, provide persons who complete the program with the knowledge, skills and professional attributes to practise the profession.
The ANZPAC 2009 - Accreditation Standards and Procedures for Podiatry Programs for Australia and New Zealand transitioned on 1 July 2010 under section 253(3) of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act (National Law) as in force in each state and territory as an approved Accreditation Standard for the purpose of general registration.
Accreditation Standards and Procedures for Podiatry Programs for Australia and New Zealand (310 KB,PDF)
On 14 October 2010, the Podiatry Board of Australia requested ANZPAC to develop Accreditation Standards for the Board's consideration for the specialty of Podiatric Surgery and for Endorsement for Scheduled Medicines. As required by section 46 of the National Law, ANZPAC will undertake wide ranging stakeholder consultation to develop the Accreditation Standards. The consultation papers will be published on ANZPAC’s website.
Subsequent to the development by ANZPAC of these Accreditation Standards for Podiatric Surgery and Endorsement for Scheduled Medicines and approval by the Board, programs of study which seek to meet the Accreditation Standards will be assessed by ANZPAC against the approved Accreditation Standards in order to be considered as approved programs of study by the Podiatry Board of Australia, in accordance with sections 48 and 49 of the National Law.
Approved Programs of Study
An online search will soon be available for podiatry approved programs of study.
In the interim, please refer to the list below:
Qualifications accepted for registration (108 KB,PDF)