Revised standards for PII arrangements published today

News

10 Dec 2015

A revised registration standard for Professional indemnity insurance (PII) arrangements has today been published by eight National Boards regulating Australian registered health practitioners.

The revised standard will come into effect on 1 July 2016 and replace the existing standard that is currently in place. All health practitioners from the professions listed below will need to meet the obligations of the revised standards either:

by the time they next renew their PII arrangements policy, or
by their next renewal of registration after 1 October 2016, whichever is sooner.

This registration standard does not apply to the current cycle of renewals (that is, it does not apply to late applications for renewal received in December).

To help practitioners prepare for the revised standards, profession-specific advice has been published on the relevant Board’s website:

Board	Further information and support documents
Chiropractic Board	News item on revised standard for PII arrangements, including profession-specific advice
Dental Board	News item on revised standards for PII arrangements, including profession-specific advice
Medical Radiation Practice Board	News item on revised standard for PII arrangements, including profession-specific advice Guidelines: Professional Indemnity Insurance arrangements
Optometry Board	News item on revised standard for PII arrangements, including profession-specific advice
Osteopathy Board	News item on revised standard for PII arrangements, including profession-specific advice
Pharmacy Board	News item on revised standard for PII arrangements, including profession-specific advice
Physiotherapy Board	News item on revised standard for PII arrangements, including profession-specific advice
Podiatry Board	News item on revised standard for PII arrangements, including profession-specific advice

National Boards will shortly publish more information about the revised PII arrangements registration standard that explains the requirements and what is expected of practitioners, in addition to some common FAQs.

Additional resources about the revised standards

The following revised standards were approved by the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council on 27 August 2015:

Professional indemnity insurance (PII) arrangements.
Recency of practice.
Continuing professional development (CPD).

Please refer to AHPRA’s registration standards page for additional information and resources, including:

letters of approval
consultation reports for:
- Continuing professional development registration standard
- Recency of practice registration standard
- Professional indemnity insurance arrangements registration standard, and
common FAQs and timetable for commencement.