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The Podiatry Board of Australia (the National Board) has established the Podiatry Accreditation Committee (the Accreditation Committee) to exercise a number of accreditation functions under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law as in force in each state and territory (the National Law).
The role of the Accreditation Committee is to develop and recommend accreditation standards to the National Board for approval. It then assesses whether programs of study and education providers are meeting the accreditation standards and decides whether or not to accredit the provider and program. The National Board considers the Accreditation Committee’s decision and their report and decides whether or not to approve an accredited program as a qualification for registration as a podiatrist or podiatric surgeon.
Accreditation standards help to ensure that education providers give students the knowledge, skills and professional attributes to competently practise in the profession.
The National Board has approved the podiatry accreditation standards. The four sets of current Accreditation standards for podiatry (approved accreditation standards 2025) for use by education providers offering podiatry programs took effect on 1 January 2026. The previously approved accreditation standards (2021) are now superseded by the approved accreditation standards 2025.
All education providers wishing to seek accreditation of podiatry programs of study will be assessed against the approved accreditation standards 2025 and the Professional capabilities for podiatrists and Professional capabilities for podiatric surgeons.
The Accreditation Committee undertook wide ranging stakeholder consultation about the content of the Accreditation Standards before they were recommended to the National Board for approval.
