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Current Consultations

The Board undertakes wide-ranging consultation on proposals that affect the profession.

Consultation is an important part of the Board’s engagement with members of the podiatry profession, members of the public and other stakeholders. The feedback provided via consultation is greatly valued, and informs the Board’s development of important documents.


Public Consultation - Regulation of health practitioners who perform and who advertise non-surgical cosmetic procedures

Open: 27 November 2023
Closes: 2 February 2024

Ahpra and National Boards are reforming the regulation of registered health practitioners who work in the cosmetics sector in Australia, to improve practice and standards, public safety and informed consumer choice.

We are consulting on three documents related to the regulation of registered health practitioners who perform and advertise non-surgical cosmetic procedures. 

We invite you to provide feedback on any or all the following draft guidelines:

  1. Guidelines for nurses who perform non-surgical cosmetic procedures (nurses practice guidelines – applies to nurses only)
  2. Guidelines for registered health practitioners who perform non-surgical cosmetic procedures (shared practice guidelines – applies to registered health practitioners excluding medical practitioners and nurses)
  3. Guidelines for registered health practitioners who advertise non-surgical cosmetic procedures (advertising guidelines – applies to all registered health practitioners).

Background information

The consultation paper below includes an overview of the proposed guidelines and questions to help frame your feedback. 

Have your say

We welcome feedback from organisations, registered health practitioners and the public.

Submissions can be made via an online survey or using the template provided and emailing to AhpraConsultation@ahpra.gov.au. Both methods pose the same specific questions for feedback as well as an opportunity for additional comments. You only need to submit via one method.

Publication of submissions

National Boards publish submissions at their discretion. 

National Boards generally publish submissions on their website to encourage discussion and inform the community and stakeholders. We will not place on our website, or make available to the public, submissions that contain offensive or defamatory comments or which are outside the scope of the subject of the consultation. Before publication, we may remove personally identifying information from submissions, including contact details. 

National Boards accept submissions made in confidence. These submissions will not be published on the website or elsewhere. Submissions may be confidential because they include personal experiences or other sensitive information. A request for access to a confidential submission will be determined in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth), which has provisions designed to protect personal information and information given in confidence. 

Please let us know if you do not want us to publish your submission or want us to treat all or part of it as confidential.

Published submissions will include the names of the individuals and/or the organisations that made them, unless confidentiality is expressly requested.


Public consultation - Independent review of the regulation of podiatric surgeons

On 5 October 2023, the Podiatry Board of Australia and Ahpra announced an independent review into the regulation of podiatric surgeons. The review is looking at the current regulatory framework and risks to patient safety in podiatric surgery, to ensure the appropriate standards, guidance and processes are in place to support safe podiatric surgery practice by podiatric surgeons in Australia and to identify any areas that need improving.

The review is being undertaken by independent reviewer Professor Ron Paterson.

Background information

Have your say

You are invited to have your say about the regulation of podiatric surgeons in Australia, by making a submission to this independent review.

Submissions can address any or all of the consultation questions, and you are invited to include evidence or examples. You may choose to use the Response template (52.5 KB, DOCX) to help you respond to the questions, or you may choose to use your own format.

You can email your submission electronically to:

Professor Ron Paterson
Independent reviewer
podiatricsurgeryreview@ahpra.gov.au

If you are unable to provide your submission via email, please send your written submission to:

Professor Ron Paterson
Independent Reviewer
Independent review of the regulation of podiatric surgery
c/o Ahpra
GPO Box 9958
Melbourne VIC 3001

Released: 20 October 2023

Closes: 16 November 2023

 


 
 
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