Codes, Guidelines and Policies

The Medical Board of Australia has developed codes and guidelines to guide the profession. These also help to clarify the Board's expectations on a range of issues. The Board has approved codes and guidelines on the following:

Codes and guidelines

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Guideline - Informing a National Board about where you practise	PDF (152 KB)	Word version (590 KB,DOCX)	1 August 2018
Good medical practice: a code of conduct for doctors in Australia	PDF (138KB)	Web page	17 March 2014
Guidelines: Sexual boundaries in the doctor-patient relationship For more information read the news item.	PDF (78.8KB)	Web page	12 December 2018
Guidelines for mandatory notifications	PDF (149KB)	Web page	17 March 2014
Guidelines for technology based patient consultations Information on inter-jurisdictional technology based patient consultations is available on the FAQ and Fact Sheets page.	PDF (74.5KB)		16 January 2012
Guidelines for advertising regulated health services	PDF (155KB)	Web page	17 March 2014
Guidelines for registered medical practitioners who perform cosmetic medical and surgical procedures For more information, refer to the news item.	PDF (117KB)	Web page	1 October 2016
Guidelines - Short-term training in a medical specialty for international medical graduates who are not qualified for general or specialist registration Effective from 1 July 2016 For more information on the guidelines, refer to the news item.	PDF (103KB)	Web page	1 July 2016
Guidelines - Supervised practice for international medical graduates Further information about supervision is available on the Supervision page.	PDF (146KB)	Web page	4 January 2016
Social media: How to meet your obligations under the National Law		Web page	11 November 2019

Policies

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Posting guidelines: Options for revalidation in Australia online discussion	PDF (214KB)	Word version (73.7 KB,DOCX)	From 15 August 2016
Common Protocol - Informing notifiers about the reasons for National Board decisions	PDF (91.8KB)	Word version (58.6 KB,DOCX)	1 August 2018

Policy directions

Under Section 11 of the National Law, as in force in each state and territory, the Ministerial Council may issue a National Board with policy directions.

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Policy Direction 2019-01 - Paramountcy of public protection when administering the National Scheme Policy Direction 2019-02 - Requirements to consult with patient safety bodies and health care consumer bodies on every new and revised registration standard, code and guidelines	PDF (2.34MB)		8 January 2020

Registration

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Document date
Medical registration - what does it mean? Who should be registered?	PDF (1018KB)		15 March 2012

FAQ and Fact Sheets

For further information please refer to the FAQ and Fact Sheets page.

Retired versions

Document	PDF	Date of effect
Retired version: Social media policy	PDF (62KB)	To 10 November 2019
Retired version: Sexual boundaries: guidelines for doctors	PDF (110KB)	To 12 December 2018
Retired version: Guidelines for supervised practice for limited registration	PDF (546KB)	To 3 January 2016
Retired version: Good medical practice: a code of conduct for doctors in Australia	PDF (518KB)	To 16 March 2014
Retired version: Guidelines for advertising of regulated health services	PDF (451KB)	To 16 March 2014
Retired version: Guidelines for mandatory notifications	PDF (412KB)	To 16 March 2014