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Notice Board
December 2011 Occupational Therapy Council (Australia & New Zealand) Inc. (OTC)
Please click here to learn more of the changes that have occurred with the administration of the OTC.
National Registration
For updates on national registration, please visit the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and Occupational Therapy Board of Australia websites below:
www.ahpra.gov.au/occupational-therapy.aspx Consultation paper - Registration standards (see below) otboardconsultation@ahpra.gov.au Submissions due by 7 October 2011 March 2011 Nominations for National Board members September 2011 Communique No. 2 Consultation Paper – Registration Standards
The Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (the Board) has released a consultation paper on proposed registration standards for:
Continuing professional development (CPD) and CPD Guidelines
Criminal history
English language skills
Professional indemnity insurance (PII)
Recency of practice
In addition, the Board is also consulting on a draft Grandparenting registration standard which advises on transitional arrangements for qualifications.
Approved national registration standards will apply for the occupational therapy profession from 1 July 2012.
Submissions
The Board is interested in comments from a wide range of stakeholders about the proposed standards and invites written submissions on these draft standards.
Please visit the Board’s website ‘consultations’ section at www.ahpra.gov.au/occupational-therapy.aspx
If you wish to provide comments, please email submissions marked “Registration Standards” to otboardconsultation@ahpra.gov.au by close of business on Friday, 7 October 2011.
The Board will publish submissions on its website, to encourage discussion and to inform the community and stakeholders.
The Board also accepts submissions made in confidence. These submissions will not be published. Submissions may be confidential because they include personal or other sensitive information.
Please refer to the section on submission in the consultation paper for details of how submissions are treated.
Feel free to invite any other interested stakeholders to provide feedback on this consultation paper to the Board also.
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