National Registration
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has agreed to the introduction of a single national registration and accreditation scheme for health professionals by 1 July 2010.
Each of the states and the two mainland self-governing territories of Australia will repeal their existing registration legislation. This will have the effect of abolishing the current state and territory based registration boards.
The Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council has announced the appointment of the members and chairperson for the National Board of Nursing and Midwifery. The National Board of Nursing and Midwifery is one of 10 Boards for health professions that will be responsible for the national registration of health professionals in Australia. A further three Boards will be appointed in 2012. National registration, for those States and Territories that pass legislation agreeing with the scheme, will mean that nurses and midwives will only need to hold one licence to practise in order to work as a nurse or midwife in any State or Territory of Australia. Mutual Recognition arrangements will still apply for nurses and midwives who wish to be employed in New Zealand.
The Ministerial Council has appointed members to the national board by considering nominations from existing State and Territory boards. Two of the members of the National Board of Nursing and Midwifery are currently members of the Nurses and Midwives Board of NSW - Professor Mary Chiarella (academic member) and Ms Margaret Winn (consumer member). There are 10 other members of the National Board from other States and Territories and the community. A full list of all the Boards may be found on the AHPRA website, using the link on this page.
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