National Board and AHPRA publish health profession agreement

16 Sep 2014

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the National Board) and AHPRA today published the Health Profession Agreement that outlines the partnership between the National Board and AHPRA, and the services AHPRA will provide to the National Board in 2014/2015.

The National Board and AHPRA work together to implement the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme, (National Scheme), which is the scheme regulating registered health professionals in Australia, in the public interest.

The guiding principles of the National Law require the National Scheme to operate in a ‘transparent, accountable, efficient, effective and fair way’; and for registration fees to be reasonable ‘having regard to the efficient and effective operation of the scheme’.

One of the fundamental aspects of the National Scheme is that there is no cross-subsidisation between professions. This means that the regulation of each profession is entirely paid for by that profession’s registration fees.

National Board Chair, Dr Lynette Cusack RN, said that it was important that the profession and the community know how registration fees are used in regulating the profession in the public interest.

‘We are accountable to both the profession and the community to ensure we provide as much information as possible about how registration fees are allocated to regulate the profession in Australia,’ Dr Cusack said.

AHPRA CEO, Martin Fletcher, said that the National Board and AHPRA were committed to working together to ensure not only transparency and accountability in financial reporting, but also in the role both play in protecting the public through the regulation of the profession.

‘AHPRA and the National Board work together to implement the National Scheme following the guiding principles set out in the National Law in order to protect the public,’ Mr Fletcher said.

Download the 2014/15 Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and AHPRA Health Profession Agreement

For more information

• Visit the AHPRA website
• For registration enquiries: 1300 419 495 (within Australia) +61 3 8708 9001 (overseas callers)
• For media enquiries: (03) 8708 9200