New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 38

38 National board must develop registration standards

(1) A National Board must develop and recommend to the Ministerial Council one or more registration standards about the following matters for a health profession for which the Board is established--

(a) requirements for professional indemnity insurance arrangements for registered health practitioners registered in the profession;

(b) matters about the criminal history of applicants for registration in the profession, and registered health practitioners and students registered in a health profession for which the Board is established, including, the matters to be considered in deciding whether an individual's criminal history is relevant to the practice of the profession;

(c) requirements for continuing professional development for registered health practitioners registered in the profession;

(d) requirements about the English language skills necessary for an applicant for registration in the profession to be suitable for registration in the profession;

(e) requirements in relation to the nature, extent, period and recency of any previous practice of the profession by applicants for registration in the profession.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a National Board may also develop, and recommend to the Ministerial Council, one or more registration standards about the following--

(a) the physical and mental health of--

(i) applicants for registration in the profession; and

(ii) registered health practitioners and students;

(b) the scope of practice of health practitioners registered in the profession;

(c) any other issue relevant to the eligibility of individuals for registration in the profession or the suitability of individuals to competently and safely practise the profession.

(3) A registration standard may not be about a matter for which an accreditation standard may provide.

Note--: An accreditation standard for a health profession is used to assess whether a program of study, and the education provider that provides the program of study, provide persons who complete the program with the knowledge, skills and professional attributes to practise the profession. Accreditation standards are developed and approved under Division 3 of Part 6.