Past Consultations

In News:

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.

Second round consultation on a proposed registration standard for granting general registration as a medical practitioner to Australian and New Zealand medical graduates on completion of intern training

Released: 28 November 2011
Closed: 3 January 2012

Consultation Paper on Proposed registration standard for granting general registration as a medical practitioner to Australian and New Zealand medical graduates on completion of intern training (305 KB,PDF)

Submissions Received

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (393 KB,PDF)
Australian Medical Association (108 KB,PDF)
Clinical Education & Training Institute (1.55 MB,PDF)
Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils (210 KB,PDF)
Dr Carl O'Kane (59.2 KB,PDF)
Dr Dianne Barrington (60.7 KB,PDF)
Dr Gerald Moss (62.4 KB,PDF)
Health Services Commissioner, Victoria (356 KB,PDF)
Postgraduate Medical Council of Queensland (102 KB,PDF)
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (44.2 KB,PDF)
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (658 KB,PDF)
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (74.1 KB,PDF)
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (41.0 KB,PDF)

Definition of Practice Consultation

Released: 4 October 2011
Closed: 2 December 2011

Public Consultation Paper on the Definition of Practice (449 KB,PDF)  

Submissions received can be found here.

Proposed registration standard for granting general registration as a medical practitioner to Australian and New Zealand medical graduates on completion of Intern training.

Released: 12 July 2011
 Closed: 12 September 2011

Proposed registration standard for interns (202 KB,PDF)

Submissions Received

Adelaide to Outback GP training program (239 KB,PDF)
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (94.0 KB,PDF)
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (232 KB,PDF)
Australian Medical Association (87.5 KB,PDF)
Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (66.2 KB,PDF)
Dr Chris Clohesy (49.7 KB,PDF)
Clinical Education and Training Institute, NSW (200 KB,PDF)
Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils (719 KB,PDF)
Department of Health and Ageing (215 KB,PDF)
Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania (588 KB,PDF)
Dr Dru Haywood (17.0 KB,PDF)
Emeritus Professor Louis I. Landau (119 KB,PDF)
Health Quality and Complaints Commission (120 KB,PDF)
Medical Council of New Zealand (571 KB,PDF)
Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand (73.4 KB,PDF)
Minister for Health, ACT (339 KB,PDF)
New South Wales Department of Health (1.67 MB,PDF)
Office of the Health Services Commissioner, Victoria (49.6 KB,PDF)
Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria Inc. (526 KB,PDF)
Queensland Health (224 KB,PDF)
The Junior Medical Officer Forum of the NSW Clinical Education Training Institute (217 KB,PDF)
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (137 KB,PDF)
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (67.2 KB,PDF)
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (145 KB,PDF)
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (38.0 KB,PDF)

Draft guidelines: Technology based patient consultations

Released: 12 July 2011
 Closed: 12 September 2011

Draft Guidelines - Technology based patient consultations (159 KB,PDF)

Submissions Received

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (954 KB,PDF)
Australian Association of Consultant Physicians (1.03 MB,PDF)
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (1.06 MB,PDF)
Australian Medical Association (2.27 MB,PDF)
Australian Society of Anaesthetists (957 KB,PDF)
Avant Mutual Group (989 KB,PDF)
Medical Council of New South Wales (933 KB,PDF)
Minister for Health, ACT (1.11 MB,PDF)
Office of the Health Services Commissioner, Victoria (939 KB,PDF)
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (1.02 MB,PDF)
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (1.38 MB,PDF)
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (1007 KB,PDF)

Draft guidelines for medical practitioners and medical students infected with blood borne viruses

Released: 4 April 2011
Closed: 6 June 2011

Submissions Received

Draft guidelines: Sexual boundaries: a guide for doctors and patients

Released: 4 April 2011
Closed: 6 June 2011

Submissions Received

Registration Standard for Specialist Registration and Registration Standard for Endorsement for Acupuncture

Released: 12 July 2010
Closed: 20 August 2010

Registration Standard for Granting General Registration to Medical Practitioners in the Standard Pathway who hold an AMC Certificate
Guideline for Supervised Practice for Limited Registration

Released: 7 June 2010
Closed: 5 July 2010

Registration Standard for Limited Registration for Teaching or Research and Limited Registration in the Public Interest

Released: 14 April 2010
Closed: 12 May 2010

Proposals for Registration Standards for Limited Registration, a Code of Practice for the Medical Profession and a Revised List of Specialties and Specialist Titles

Released: 24 December 2009
Closed: 10 February 2010

Registration Standards for Criminal History, English Language, Professional Indemnity Insurance, Continuing Professional Development, Recency of Practice, and Proposed list of Specialties and Specialist Titles

Released: 27 October 2009
Closed: 24 November 2009