Where there are consultations which have closed, they will be shown below along with the individual submissions that were received and considered.
Where there are consultations which are open for input, they will be shown under Current Consultations.
The 14 National Boards in the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (the National Scheme) released for public consultation draft guidelines on Mandatory notifications.
Released: 11 September 2019 Closes: 6 November 2019
The National Boards and AHPRA are carrying out a public consultation on the Guidelines for mandatory notifications. The guidelines explain the requirements for treating registered health practitioners, non-treating registered health practitioners, employers of registered health practitioners and education providers to make a mandatory notification under the National Law.1
The review is to make sure the Guidelines for mandatory notifications are as effective as possible and that they clearly explain the thresholds and requirements for making a mandatory notification, including the 2019 amendments to the National Law which will soon come into effect.
1 The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, as in force in each state and territory (the National Law).
Released: 5 September 2019 Closed: 1 November 2019
The Dental, Medical, Nursing and Midwifery, Paramedicine and Podiatry Boards of Australia published a consultation paper on the draft Guidelines for registered health practitioners and students in relation to blood borne viruses.
Submissions will be published soon.
The Dental Board of Australia (the Board) released this public consultation paper on its proposal to close the Public Sector Dental Workforce Scheme (PSDWS) pathway to general registration and retire the Guidelines on limited registration - limited registration of dental practitioners for postgraduate training or supervised practice (section 66), June 2012.
Released: 4 September 2018 Closed: 2 November 2018
National Boards and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) have completed public consultation as part of a scheduled review of accreditation arrangements from mid-2019, when the current terms of assignment of accreditation functions end.
Released: 17 April 2018 Closed: 14 May 2018
Submissions and a brief consultation report are available on the Past Consultations page of the AHPRA website.
The Dental Board of Australia has published a consultation paper on the draft guideline for informing a National Board about where you practise.
Released: 13 April 2018 Closed: 25 May 2018
Submissions received are available on the Past Consultations page of the AHPRA website.
The Dental Board of Australia (the Board) released this public consultation paper on a proposed revised Scope of practice registration standard, a proposed revised Guidelines for scope of practice, and a new Reflective practice tool for scope of practice.
Released: 22 March 2018 Closed: 14 May 2018
The Dental Board of Australia (the Board) released this public consultation paper on the proposed entry level competencies (the proposed competencies) for endorsement for conscious sedation.
Released: 11 November 2016 Closed: 13 January 2017
The Dental Board of Australia (the Board) in partnership with the Dental Council (New Zealand) (the Council) released this public consultation paper on the proposed entry level competencies (the proposed competencies) for dental specialties.
Released: 30 November 2015 Closed: 15 February 2016
The consultation report can be found on the specialist competencies page.
National Boards released for public consultation draft guidelines on the regulatory management of registered health practitioners and students infected with blood-borne viruses.
Released: 24 July 2014 Closed: 26 September 2014
Review of registration standards:
Review of guidelines:
Released: 19 May 2014 Closed: 14 July 2014
National Boards are undertaking public consultation on a review of the English language skills and Criminal history registration standards.
Released: 25 October 2013 Closed: 23 December 2013
Submissions received can be found on the Past consultations page on the AHPRA website.
All National Boards have undertaken further public consultation on a proposal to refine international criminal history checks.
Released: 2 October 2013 Closed: 31 October 2013
Released: 8 May 2013 Closed: 19 June 2013
Released: 4 April 2013 Closed: 30 May 2013
Released: 30 October 2012 Addendum released: 7 December 2012 Closed: 21 December 2012
Received submissions will be posted in due course.
Released: 25 June 2012 Closed: 17 August 2012
Released: 05 June 2012 Closed: 20 July 2012
Released: 23 April 2012 Closed: 29 June 2012
Released: 18 April 2012 Closed: 15 June 2012
Released: 04 October 2011 Closed: 02 December 2011
Consultation Paper on Definition of Practice (448 KB,PDF)
Please note some submissions have not been posted on the Board’s website at the request of the authors.
Released: 21 December 2010 Closed: 25 February 2011
Released: 22 December 2010 Closed: 18 March 2011
Released: 10 August 2011 Closed: 07 October 2011
Public submissions are available on this website for transparency on our consultations regarding important matters affecting dentists.
We publish submissions in their original format as made by the submitter. If you have difficulty accessing a submission, please contact AHPRA at webservices@ahpra.gov.au, and we will try to contact the submitter to provide an accessible version of their submission for your reference.
Please note that submitters are asked to provide their submissions to our public consultations in web accessible formats, and we guide them on how this can be achieved. We will update inaccessible submissions on this website when accessible format versions of files become available.