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Where there are consultations which have closed, they will be shown below along with the individual submissions that were received and considered.
Where there are consultations which are open for input, they will be shown under Current Consultations.
Released: 5 May 2025 Closed: 4 July 2025
The Podiatry Board consulted on two proposals related to the regulation of podiatric surgeons:
These proposals were in response to recommendations 2.a and 2.c from the Independent review of the regulation of podiatric surgeons (independent review).
Submissions will be published soon.
Released: 5 December 2024 Closed: 14 February 2025
The Podiatry Board consulted on proposed options for providing guidance to podiatrists working with assistants in their practice.
Released: 30 September 2024 Closed: 8 November 2024
The Podiatry Board consulted on a proposal to change the protected title for the specialty of podiatric surgery.
Released: 4 June 2024 Closed: 30 July 2024
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the National Boards invited stakeholders to have their say on the draft Criminal history registration standard (the criminal history standard) and supporting documents.
In late 2023, as part of our work to improve public safety in health regulation the National Boards and Ahpra consulted widely on a range of reforms, including a series of questions about the current version of the criminal history standard.
After consideration of all feedback, a draft registration standard and new supporting materials were developed. Stakeholders were invited to again have their say on how we have responded to feedback, the draft changes we have made to the criminal history standard, and the other material we have developed to explain how the standard is applied.
Consultation documents and submissions received are available on the Past Consultations page of the Ahpra website.
Released: 27 November 2023 Closed: 1 March 2024 (Consultation was extended for four weeks)
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 consulted on three draft documents below related to the regulation of registered health practitioners who perform and advertise non-surgical cosmetic procedures.
Submissions will be published on the Ahpra website.
Released: 20 October 2023 Closed: 16 November 2023
An independent review into the regulation of podiatric surgeons was commissioned by the Podiatry Board of Australia and Ahpra in October 2023. The review was undertaken by Professor Ron Paterson.
Submissions have been published on the Ahpra website.
Released: 3 August 2023 Closed: 29 September 2023
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the National Boards invited stakeholders to have their say as part of a review of the Criminal history registration standard (the criminal history standard).
The review, which was part of the work of our blueprint for reform to strengthen public safety in health regulation, which has a focus on sexual misconduct in healthcare, sought feedback on the current version of the criminal history standard, as well as comments on the future direction of other focus areas of work to improve public safety in health regulation including:
The consultation formed phase one of our work to review the Criminal history standard and ensured we received a range of views before a revised criminal history standard is developed and another opportunity is provided for stakeholders to comment (phase two).
Submissions will be published to the Ahpra website.
Released: 16 August 2023
Closed: 13 September 2023
The National Boards and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) consulted on two further possible changes to the National Boards’ English language skills (ELS) requirements. The National Boards invited responses to questions about the two further changes including specific issues the Medical Board of Australia asked its stakeholders to consider. This consultation did not invite further feedback on proposed changes to the National Board’s ELS registration standards (ELS standards) that were previously consulted on in 2022. This was a shorter streamlined consultation process designed to meet timeframes expected by Health Ministers. Feedback from both consultations was used to inform the final ELS standards approved by Health Ministers.
From 13 July to 7 September 2022, Ahpra and the National Boards (except the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia) publicly consulted on revised ELS standards. There was broad support from stakeholders for the proposed revised ELS standards. On 30 September 2022, the National Cabinet announced the Independent review of overseas health practitioner regulatory settings (the Kruk review), and in April 2023, the National Cabinet endorsed the interim review report. In line with recommendations within the interim report endorsed by the National Cabinet, the National Boards consulted on two further changes to their ELS requirements: expanding the range of recognised countries and a change to one element of the English test results accepted by the National Boards. Consultation documents and submissions received are available on the Past Consultations page of the Ahpra website.
Released: 14 December 2022 Closed: 14 February 2023
National Boards and Ahpra are reviewing the current accreditation arrangements for the national health practitioner regulatory scheme to prepare for the next period to mid-2029.
The current accreditation arrangements end on 30 June 2024 for all professions except paramedicine, which end on 30 November 2023. The National Boards and Ahpra intend to complete this scheduled review by May 2023 to inform National Boards’ decisions on arrangements for the next period and provide certainty for the future. The last scheduled review and public consultation on accreditation arrangements was in 2018.
This consultation is a key stage of the review and aims to confirm performance and progress on current accreditation priorities and will inform the priorities for the next period, including how progress in priority areas could be measured.
Released: 13 July 2022 Closed: 7 September 2022
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the National Boards (except the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia) invited stakeholders to have their say as part of the public consultation on revised English language skills registration standards (the ELS standards) in July 2022.
National Boards published a consultation paper that included an overview of the review, proposed changes to the standards, frequently asked questions (FAQs), a literature review and questions to help frame feedback.
Released: 10 May 2022 Closed: 15 July 2022
The Podiatry Board of Australia has consulted on a revised registration standard for specialist registration for the podiatry specialty of podiatric surgery.
Released: 11 May 2021 Closed: 6 July 2021
Ahpra and the 12 National Boards that share a Code of conduct carried out a public consultation on a revised shared Code. The National Boards invited practitioners, stakeholders and the community to give feedback on the revised Code of conduct.
Consultation documents, the Patient and Consumer Health and Safety Impact Assessment and submissions received are available on the Past Consultations page of the Ahpra website.
Released: 11 September 2019 Closed: 17 December 2019
National Boards (excluding psychology and pharmacy) and Ahpra carried out a public consultation on the proposed Supervised practice framework as part of their project to enable a consistent, responsive and risk-based approach to supervised practice across the National Scheme.
Released: 11 September 2019 Closed: 26 November 2019
The National Boards and Ahpra carried out a public consultation on the Guidelines for advertising a regulated health service. The guidelines were developed to explain the advertising requirements in the National Law and to help advertisers (including registered health practitioners) to meet these requirements and advertise responsibly. The review is to make sure the guidelines are as contemporary, relevant and effective as possible.
The 15 National Boards in the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (the National Scheme) released for public consultation draft guidelines on Mandatory notifications.
Released: 11 September 2019 Closed: 6 November 2019
The Dental, Medical, Nursing and Midwifery, Paramedicine and Podiatry Boards of Australia published a consultation paper on the draft Guidelines for registered health practitioners and students in relation to blood borne viruses.
Released: 5 September 2019 Closed: 1 November 2019
The Podiatry Board of Australia has published a consultation paper on the draft guideline for informing a National Board about where you practise.
Released: 13 April 2018 Closes: 25 May 2018
Submissions received are available on the Past Consultations page of the AHPRA website.
National Boards and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) have completed public consultation as part of a scheduled review of accreditation arrangements from mid-2019, when the current terms of assignment of accreditation functions end.
Released: 17 April 2018 Closed: 14 May 2018
Submissions and a brief consultation report are available on the Past Consultations page of the AHPRA website.
The Podiatry Board of Australia released for public consultation, a proposed revised endorsement for scheduled medicines registration standard and related guidelines.
Released: 14 October 2016 Closed: 9 December 2016
Submissions received:
National Boards released for public consultation draft guidelines on the regulatory management of registered health practitioners and students infected with blood-borne viruses.
Released: 24 July 2014 Closed: 26 September 2014
Submissions received will be available on the Past Consultations page of the AHPRA website.
The Podiatry Board of Australia has undertaken public consultation on a review of the above registration standards and guidelines.
Released: 19 May 2014 Closed: 14 July 2014
The Board has undertaken public consultation on a review of its Guidelines for infection control.
National Boards are undertaking public consultation on a review of the English language skills and Criminal history registration standards.
Released: 25 October 2013 Closed: 23 December 2013
Submissions received can be found on the Past consultations page on the AHPRA website.
All National Boards have undertaken further public consultation on a proposal to refine international criminal history checks.
Released: 2 October 2013 Closed: 31 October 2013
Released: 4 April 2013 Closed: 30 May 2013
The consultation paper included:
Submissions coming soon.
Released: 20 September 2012 Closed: 2 November 2012
Submissions received
Released: 29 August 2012 Closed: 24 October 2012
Released: 25 June 2012 Closed: 17 August 2012
Submissions received can be found here.
Released: 5 April 2012 Closed: 30 May 2012
Released: 9 February 2012 Closed: 5 April 2012
NB: Only relevant material to the consultation will be considered. Submissions which contain irrelevant material will be considered to the extent that they contain relevant submissions.
Closed: 18 November 2011
Information on the consultation and submissions received can be found on the Australian Physiotherapy Council website.
Released: 4 October 2011 Closed: 2 December 2011
Further submissions received can be viewed here.
Released: 5 November 2010 Closed: 3 December 2010
Released: 14 December 2010 Closed: 25 February 2011
Released: 15 March 2011
Closed: 10 May 2011
The Podiatry Board of Australia called for submissions of comment regarding Guidelines on Clinical Records.
Coming soon.
Public submissions are available on this website for transparency on our consultations regarding important matters affecting podiatrists. We publish submissions in their original format as made by the submitter. If you have difficulty accessing a submission, please contact us, and we will try to contact the submitter to provide an accessible version of their submission for your reference. Please note that submitters are asked to provide their submissions to our public consultations in web accessible formats, and we guide them on how this can be achieved. We will update inaccessible submissions on this website when accessible format versions of files become available.
