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: 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.
Submissions will be published soon.
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 14 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 AHPRA at webservices@ahpra.gov.au, 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.