Public consultation papers released

16 Dec 2015

Registration standard for scheduled medicine endorsement – rural and isolated practice for public consultation

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board) is inviting all interested parties to give feedback on the public consultation on the proposal to discontinue the Registration standard for scheduled medicine endorsement registered nurses (rural and isolated practice).

The National Board invites submissions to consider, among other things:

• whether the proposal to discontinue the registration standard is supported
• the likely effect of the proposal on individual registrants, and
• jurisdiction-specific considerations for health practitioners, governments or other stakeholders.

The current standard is available under Registration standards on the National Board website.

Released: 16 December 2015
Closes: 22 February 2016

• Consultation paper - Proposed discontinuation of the Registration standard - Endorsement for scheduled medicines (rural and isolated practice) (310 KB,PDF), Word version (441 KB,DOC)

You are invited to provide your comments on the consultation paper, by 22 February 2016 – please email your submission to nmbafeedback@ahpra.gov.au.