Revised Re-entry to practice policy

News

03 Sep 2015

The revised Re-entry to practice policy took effect on 1 September 2015.

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has recently published a revised policy on re-entry to practice along with supporting materials to help practitioners understand the new requirements.

The revised policy provides information for nurses and midwives who are seeking general registration but do not meet the Recency of practice registration standard. This includes those who:

have had a lapse in practice of five years or more
have held non-practising registration for five or more years, or
are no longer on the register.

Provisional registration

As part of the policy revision, the NMBA has also approved provisional registration for nurses and midwives who are no longer registered and are applying to re-enter practice as a nurse or midwife.

Provisional registration will also be available from today.

Supporting documents

The NMBA has published a suite of supporting documents to facilitate a better understanding of the Re-entry to practice policy. The below listed documents are available on the NMBA website under re-entry to practice:

Framework: assessment of re-entry to practice*
Fact sheet: re-entry to practice
Supervision guidelines for nursing and midwifery
Supervision agreement
Supervision plan template: Registered nurse
Supervision plan template: Enrolled nurse
Supervision plan template: Midwife
Self-assessment questionnaire: Registered nurse
Self-assessment questionnaire: Enrolled nurse
Self-assessment questionnaire: Midwife
Formative report template: Registered nurse
Formative report template: Enrolled nurse
Formative report template: Midwife
Summative report template: Registered nurse
Summative report template: Enrolled nurse
Summative report template: Midwife

For more information

Visit the NMBA website
For registration enquiries: 1300 419 495 (within Australia) +61 03 9275 9009 (overseas callers)
For media enquiries: (03) 8708 9200