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The Board undertakes wide-ranging consultation on proposals that affect the profession.
Consultation is an important part of the Board’s engagement with members of the medical profession, members of the public and other stakeholders. The feedback provided via consultation is greatly valued, and informs the Board’s development of important documents.
Where there are consultations open for input, they will be shown below.
Where there are consultations which have closed, they will be shown under Past consultations along with the submissions that were received.
Opens: 5 December 2025
Closes: 2 March 2026
The Medical Board of Australia is reviewing its recency of practice registration standard which sets out the amount of practice practitioners must do to be registered and what may be required when a practitioner doesn’t meet the standard.
Minor changes to wording and formatting of the existing registration standard are proposed, along with providing increased flexibility for practitioners who have not practised for more than three years to return to practice, while maintaining patient safety.
The public consultation paper below has more detail and explains how to have your say. You can use the response template below to email your submission to [email protected].
Medical Board of Australia – Public consultation paper – Review of the Recency of practice registration standard (516 KB,PDF)
Medical Board of Australia – Response template – Review of the Recency of practice registration standard (170 KB,DOCX)
The extended timeframe for the consultation is provided to take into consideration the busy end of year and holiday period.
