Endorsement for scheduled medicines

Registration and Endorsement

If you have an international qualification that enables you to prescribe medications, you can apply to have your qualification assessed to see if it meets the requirements for endorsement for scheduled medicines.

The endorsement requirements are explained in the Board’s Registration Standard: Endorsement for scheduled medicines. International applicants can only seek endorsement via Pathway A of the registration standard.

For information about the Board’s requirements for endorsement for scheduled medicines, see the scheduled medicines page.

To meet the requirements for this pathway, you must provide evidence that you have a qualification that the Board considers to be substantially equivalent to, or based on similar competencies to, an approved qualification for endorsement for scheduled medicines.

We will assess your qualification(s) against the assessment criteria below to advise you if you are qualified for general registration.

If we assess that your qualification meets the assessment criteria below, you are qualified for endorsement for scheduled medicines. You must also meet the recency of practice requirement in relation to podiatric prescribing.

Assessment criteria

Authorisation for prescribing	Supporting documentation
1. Your qualification was recognised for the purpose of authorisation to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use prescription and non-prescription medicines for the treatment of podiatric conditions, by a statutory authority in the country, state or province where you obtained the qualification.	If you have been or are currently authorised to prescribe medicines for podiatric conditions, provide: a certified, clear and colour scanned copy of the original document that confirms your authorisation, or a copy of your registration certificate showing annotation or endorsement to prescribe, or if you are not currently authorised to prescribe medicines for podiatric conditions, provide: supporting information from the statutory authority confirming that your qualification was recognised at the time of completion for the purpose of authorisation, annotation or endorsement to prescribe.
Quality assurance and accreditation	Supporting documentation
2. At the time you completed your qualification, it was subject to quality assurance and was recognised or accredited by a body external to the education provider based on published standards for education in podiatric prescribing which, at a minimum, included: contemporary approaches to education in podiatric prescribing evidence-based and contemporary practice in podiatric prescribing work-integrated learning opportunities that are sufficient to demonstrate knowledge and skills to safely and competently prescribe medicines for podiatric conditions institutional resources such as staffing and facilities a published process to review programs and providers against the standards, which included: an assessment conducted by an individual or team, independent from the education provider, with expertise in education and practice for podiatric prescribing regular review of the qualification such as annual reporting or cyclic re-accreditation to ensure it continues to meet the standards core topics and competencies required for an approved qualification to ensure safe and ethical practice in podiatric prescribing that align with: relevant prescribing capabilities of the Podiatry Board of Australia Professional capabilities for podiatrists competencies for safe and effective use of medicines contained in the National Prescribing Competencies Framework	Provide (if available): practical placement records from your qualification related to podiatric prescribing course curriculum including learning outcomes and assessment tasks relevant to podiatric prescribing verifiable course syllabus or course handbook relevant to podiatric prescribing
Academic level	Supporting documentation
3. The academic level of your qualification is comparable, at a minimum, to the level of an approved qualification for endorsement for scheduled medicines in Australia, which is a: Bachelor degree with Honours (AQF level 8) Or Graduate certificate (AQF level 8)	Provide: a clear, colour scan of a certified copy of original documents such as transcript and/or diploma supplement, award certificate, or equivalent official documents issued by the education provider.  If either the transcript/diploma supplement or the award certificate is unavailable, you must provide: a letter from education provider’s registrar confirming the qualification awarding date, program duration, subjects completed, and credits earned   documentation for all relevant qualifications, if you hold multiple profession-relevant qualifications.

Assessment outcomes

Criteria 1, 2 and 3

If criteria 1, 2 and 3 are all assessed as met, your qualification meets requirement 1.1b of Pathway A: Approved qualification pathway of the Podiatry Board of Australia, Registration standard: Endorsement for scheduled medicines (2018).

If one or more criteria is not met, the qualification does not meet requirement 1.1b of Pathway A: Approved qualification pathway of the Podiatry Board of Australia, Registration standard: Endorsement for scheduled medicines (2018).