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.
Released: 9 September 2021 Closed: 15 November 2021
The Dental Board of Australia wants to make it easier for practitioners to know and understand the professional expectations around infection prevention and control to help them practice safely.
As part of this, the Board reviewed its Guidelines on infection control. The Board consulted on whether to shift the information contained in the guidelines to more accessible and helpful tools and resources, such as a one-stop fact sheet and a self-reflective tool.
The Board held a public briefing session on its review on 22 September 2021.
The recorded webinar is available below.
Questions and answers from the briefing session are available below.
Links to the consultation documents are available below.
Released: 11 May 2021 Closed: 6 July 2021
Ahpra and the 12 National Boards that share a Code of conduct carried out a public consultation on a revised shared Code. The National Boards invited practitioners, stakeholders and the community to give feedback on the revised Code of conduct.
Consultation documents, the Patient and Consumer Health and Safety Impact Assessment and submissions received are available on the Past Consultations page of the Ahpra website.
Released: 20 November 2019 Closed: 24 January 2020
The Dental Board of Australia published a public consultation paper on the Board’s proposed options for the Dental records guidelines.
Released: 11 September 2019 Closed: 17 December 2019
National Boards (excluding psychology and pharmacy) and Ahpra carried out a public consultation on the proposed Supervised practice framework as part of their project to enable a consistent, responsive and risk-based approach to supervised practice across the National Scheme.
Consultation documents and submissions received are available on the Past Consultations page of the Ahpra website.
Released: 11 September 2019 Closed: 26 November 2019
The National Boards and Ahpra carried out a public consultation on the Guidelines for advertising a regulated health service. The guidelines were developed to explain the advertising requirements in the National Law and to help advertisers (including registered health practitioners) to meet these requirements and advertise responsibly. The review is to make sure the guidelines are as contemporary, relevant and effective as possible.
Submissions will be published soon on the Past Consultations page of the Ahpra website.
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
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.
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
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.
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