Queensland Parliamentary Counsel Country Resources General Health Legislation Queensland 3 November 2009 Legislation/regulation

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The object of this Law is to establish a national registration and accreditation scheme for
1. The regulation of health practitioners; and
2. The registration of students undertaking
- programs of study that provide a qualification for registration in a health profession; or
- clinical training in a health profession.

The objectives of the national registration and accreditation scheme are
1. To provide for the protection of the public by ensuring that only health practitioners who are suitably trained and qualified to practice in a competent and ethical manner are registered; and
2. To facilitate workforce mobility across Australia by reducing the administrative burden for health practitioners wishing to move between participating jurisdictions or to practise in more than one participating jurisdiction; and
3. To facilitate the provision of high quality education and training of health practitioners; and
4. To facilitate the rigorous and responsive assessment of overseas-trained health practitioners; and
5. To facilitate access to services provided by health practitioners in accordance with the public interest; and
6. To enable the continuous development of a flexible, responsive and sustainable Australian health workforce and to enable innovation in the education of, and service delivery by, health practitioners.

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