Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

AHPRA - Regulating Australia's health practitioners in partnership with the National Boards

Call for applications for appointment to the Scheduled Medicines Expert Committee

The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (the National Scheme) regulates more than 740,000 registered health practitioners and over 180,000 registered students across 16 health professions.

13/12/2019 | Read full article
Health practitioners encouraged to seek advice about their own health

Mandatory notifications are an important part of patient safety. We need to know when patients may be at substantial risk of harm from a registered health practitioner.

04/12/2019 | Read full article
Revised registration standards take effect 1 December 2019

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice, Chinese Medicine, Chiropractic, Occupational Therapy and Psychology Boards revised registration standards came into effect on 1 December 2019, replacing the existing standards.

02/12/2019 | Read full article
Accreditation agreements published for the first time

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the National Boards, with the support of the Accreditation Authorities, have today published the current accreditation council agreements and the terms of reference for each accreditation committee. The accreditation agreements, which are between Ahpra and each accreditation council, commenced on 1 July 2019 for a five-year period.

28/11/2019 | Read full article