The Podiatry Board of Australia has developed codes and guidelines to provide guidance to the profession. These also help to clarify our views and expectations on a range of issues.
Guidelines are approved by the Podiatry Board of Australia and may be used as evidence of what constitutes appropriate professional conduct or practice for podiatry in proceedings under the National Law or a law of a co-regulatory jurisdiction against a health practitioner.
News
The Podiatry Board of Australia has revised its Information Package for Endorsement for Scheduled Medicines. There has been no change to the requirements for an endorsement for scheduled medicines; however the revised information package, which is effective from 1 October 2011, provides additional guidance and further clarity to assist podiatrists and supervisors in relation to the Board’s requirements for an endorsement for scheduled medicines. The following explanatory sheet provides a summary of the main changes.
Polices, Codes and Guidelines
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Podiatry Code of conduct for registered health practitioners (450 KB,PDF)
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Podiatry Guidelines for mandatory notifications (422 KB,PDF)
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Podiatry Guidelines for continuing professional development (406 KB,PDF)
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Podiatry Guidelines for infection control (300 KB,PDF)
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Podiatry Policy on log sheets for Endorsement of Scheduled Medicines (74.9 KB,PDF)
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Podiatry Guidelines for podiatrists with blood-borne infections (313 KB,PDF)
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Podiatry Guidelines for podiatrists working with podiatric assistants in podiatry practice (351 KB,PDF)
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Podiatry Guidelines for Endorsement for Scheduled Medicines (811 KB,PDF)
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Podiatry Guidelines for advertising of regulated health services (462 KB,PDF)
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Podiatry Guidelines on Clinical Records (135 KB,PDF)
Additional Information for Scheduled Medicines
Prescription Pad Templates
The Podiatry Board of Australia provides the following templates for Prescription Pads for the consideration of use by those generally registered podiatrists who also have an endorsement for scheduled medicines; and for those generally registered podiatrists who have an endorsement for scheduled medicines and are also registered as podiatric surgeons.
The Podiatry Board of Australia strongly recommends the inclusion of a carbon copy facility and numbering system for each page on any prescription pad.