Supervised practice

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Supervised practice reassures the community, National Boards and Ahpra that a registered health practitioner whose practice is being supervised is safe and competent to practise and is not putting the public at risk.

The 16 health professions regulated under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (the National Scheme) each have approved supervised practice processes in place.

Wherever possible, National Boards seek to work together to develop shared or similar processes across professions.

The Psychology Board have profession specific requirements in place for supervised practice.

The Supervised practice framework is now in place for the following 14 National Boards:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice
Chinese Medicine
Chiropractic
Dental
Medical (not for international medical graduates with limited or provisional registration, practitioners completing their intern year, or vocational trainees)
Medical Radiation Practice
Nursing and Midwifery
Occupational Therapy
Optometry
Osteopathy
Paramedicine (not for practitioners with a Board-specific condition employed by and undertaking supervised practice with a body authorised by the National Board),
Pharmacy (not for pharmacists who hold provisional or limited registration; or pharmacists with general registration who are required to complete a period of supervised practice in accordance with the requirements specified in the Board’s Registration standard: Recency of practice)
Physiotherapy
Podiatry (not for practitioners seeking their endorsement for scheduled medicines).

To view the supervised practice processes in place for each National Board, click on the links below: