Submissions received by the Committee as at 6 August 2009

Inquiry into National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for Doctors and Other Health Workers

Submissions received by the Committee as at 6 August 2009

Sub No. Submitter

1

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists  (NSW)  (PDF 16KB)

2

Medical Radiation Technologists Board of Queensland  (QLD)  (PDF 825KB)

3

Australian Dental Association (WA Branch) Inc  (WA)  (PDF 1450KB)

4

Council of Occupational Therapists Registration Boards (Australia & NSW Zealand) Inc  (SA)  (PDF 1099KB)

5

Australian Dental Association (NSW Branch) Ltd  (NSW)  (PDF 139KB)

6 Australian Osteopathic Association  (NSW)  (PDF 201KB)  Att1 (PDF 462KB)  Att2 (PDF 107KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B received 24.7.09  (PDF 3506KB)

7

Medical Indemnity Industry Association of Australia  (SA)  (PDF 36KB)  Additional information arising from hearing 14.7.09, received 23.7.09  (PDF 265KB) Supplementary submission commenting Bill B dated 23.7.09  (PDF 1116KB)

8

Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons  (NSW)  (PDF 20KB)

9

Council on Chiropractic Education Australasia (CCEA)  (QLD)  (PDF 141KB)Supplementary submission commenting on Bill B dated 24.7.09 (PDF 230KB)

10

Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Council (CPMEC)  (VIC)  (PDF 119KB)

11

Rural Workforce Agency Victoria Limited  (VIC)  (PDF 158KB)

12

Australian Privacy Foundation (APF)  (VIC)  (PDF 29KB)

13

Australian Association of Surgeons  (VIC)  (PDF 182KB)  Supplementary submission commenting on Bill B received 15.7.09 (PDF 99KB)

14

National Coalition of Public Pathology (NCOPP)  (ACT)  (PDF 120KB)

15

Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges  (NSW)  (PDF 4921KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B dated 22.7.09  (PDF 1402KB)

16

NSW Rural Doctors Network  (NSW)  (PDF 60KB)

17

Australian Dental Prosthetists Association Inc  (NSW)  (PDF 343KB)

18

Psychologists Board of Western Australia  (WA)  (PDF 29KB)  Supplementary submission commenting on Bill B, dated 22.7.09  (PDF 25KB)  Att1 (PDF 31KB)  Att2 (PDF 438KB)

19

Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand  (NSW)  (PDF 4229KB)

20

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons  (VIC)  (PDF 299KB) Supplementary submission  received 8.7.09  (PDF 23KB)

21

Dental Board of South Australia  (SA)  (PDF 28KB)

22

Optometrists Registration Board of Tasmania  (TAS)  (PDF 172KB)

23

Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia  (WA)  (PDF 176KB)

24

Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (ASOHNS)  (NSW)  (PDF 148KB)

25

Australian Society of Anaesthetists  (NSW)  (PDF 182KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B received 17.7.09  (PDF 206KB)

26

Childbirth Australia Inc  (WA)  (PDF 27KB)

27

Health Care Consumers' Association of the ACT  (ACT)  (PDF 87KB)

28

Dental Board of Western Australia  (WA)  (PDF 3094KB)

29

Australian Medical Association (AMA)  (ACT)  (PDF 149KB) Supplementary submission commenting Bill B received 13.7.09  (PDF 67KB)

30 National Welfare Rights Network Inc  (ACT)  (PDF 22KB)

31

Australian Dental Association  (NSW)  (PDF 682KB) Supplementary submission commenting Bill B dated 17.7.09 (PDF 753KB)

32

Australian Dental Prosthetists Association Queensland  (QLD)  (PDF 94KB)

33

Australian Dental Council  (VIC)  (PDF 62KB)

34

Australian Orthopaedic Association Limited  (NSW)  (PDF 395KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B dated 24.7.09 (PDF 171KB)

35

Maternity Coalition  (NSW)  (PDF 131KB)

36

Osteopaths' Registration Board of Western Australia  (WA)  (PDF 20KB)

37

Australian Dental Association Victorian Branch Inc  (VIC)  (PDF 380KB) Att1 (PDF 667KB) Att2 (PDF 104KB) Att3 (PDF 59KB) Att4 (PDF 242KB)

38

Australian Peak Nursing and Midwifery Forum  (ACT)  (PDF 225KB)

39

Australian Doctors' Fund  (NSW)  (PDF 78KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B dated 12.7.09 (PDF 51KB)

40

Optometrists Association Australia  (VIC)  (PDF 125KB)  Supplementary submission commenting on Bill B received 22.7.09  (PDF 54KB)

41

Homebirth Australia  (NSW)  (PDF 197KB)

42

NSW Nurses' Association  (NSW)  (PDF 66KB)

43

Australian and New Zealand Association of Urological Surgeons (ANZAUS)  (NSW)  (PDF 49KB)

44

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners  (VIC)  (PDF 876KB)

45

Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria  (VIC)  (PDF 50KB)

46

Pharmacy Board of NSW  (NSW)  (PDF 3328KB)

47

Council of Procedural Specialists  (NSW)  (PDF 75KB)  Supplementary submission commenting on Bill B received 4.8.09 (PDF 18KB)

48

Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria  (VIC)  (PDF 73KB)  Supplementary submission commenting on Bill B received 27.7.09  (PDF 75KB)

49

Australian Psychological Society Ltd  (VIC)  (PDF 143KB)  Supplementary submission dated 30.6.09 (PDF 132KB)  Supplementary submission commenting on Bill B dated 27.7.09  (PDF 155KB)

50

Compass Consulting  (QLD)  (PDF 178KB)  Supplementary submission commenting on Bill B dated 27.7.09  (PDF 115KB)

51

Australian Psychological Society College of Counselling Psychologists  (VIC)  (PDF 107KB)

52

Australian Psychological Society College of  Organisational Psychologists  (VIC)  (PDF 299KB)

53

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists  (VIC)  (PDF 59KB)

54

Office of the Privacy Commissioner (Commonwealth) (PDF 80KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B received 23.7.09  (PDF 71KB)

55

Homebirth Access Sydney  (NSW)  (PDF 50KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B received 23.7.09  (PDF 70KB)

56

Council of Psychologists Registration Boards of Australasia  (NSW)  (PDF 149KB)

57

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists  (VIC)  (PDF 77KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B dated 24.7.09  (PDF 67KB)

58

Australian Association of Medical Surgical Assistants  (NSW)  (PDF 43KB)

59

Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia  (NSW)  (PDF 35KB)

60

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia  (ACT)  (PDF 94KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B dated 24.7.09  (PDF KB)

61

Commonwealth Ombudsman  (ACT)  (PDF 54KB)

62

Australian Physiotherapy Association  (ACT)  (PDF 266KB)

63

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  (NSW)  (PDF 82KB)

64

Office of the Health Services Commissioner (HSC)  (VIC)  (PDF 31KB)

65

Thoracic Society of Australian and New Zealand  (NSW)  (PDF 18KB)

66

Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators  (VIC)  (PDF 185KB)

67

Osteopaths Registration Boards of New South Wales and Victoria  (NSW & VIC)  (PDF 31KB)

68

Australian Association of Consultant Physicians  (NSW)  (PDF 140KB)

69

Cheng, Mr Oliver  (PDF 11KB)

70

Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria  (VIC)  (PDF 644KB)

71

Medical Board of South Australia  (SA)  (PDF 4224KB) Att1 (PDF 2286KB)  Att2 (PDF 10403KB)  Att3 (PDF 2275KB)  Att4 (PDF 2665KB)  Att5 (PDF 10403KB)  Att6 (PDF 2286KB)  Att7 (PDF 46KB)  Att8 (PDF 3277KB)  Att9 (PDF 1752KB)

72 Consumers Health Forum of Australia  (ACT)  (PDF 128KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B dated 24.7.09  (PDF 494KB)

73

Hatfield, Mr Samuel  (NSW)  (PDF 9KB)

74

Health Consumers Alliance of SA Inc  (SA)  (PDF 18KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B received 24.7.09  (PDF 33KB)

75

Rural Health Workforce Australia  (VIC)  (PDF 29KB)

76

Physical Disability Council of New South Wales  (NSW)  (PDF 15KB)  Att1 (PDF 72KB)

77

Australasian Podiatry Council  (VIC)  (PDF 152KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B dated 24.7.09  (PDF 196KB)

78

Royal Australasian College of Physicians  (NSW)  (PDF 92KB)

79

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists  (VIC)  (PDF 3563KB)  Att1 (PDF 1032KB)  Att2 (PDF 4790KB)

80

Chiropractors and Osteopaths Registration Board (Tasmania)  (TAS)  (PDF 1332KB) Supplementary submission commenting Bill B dated 9.7.09  (PDF 61KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B dated 9.7.09  (PDF 438KB)

81

Council of Social Service of NSW  (NSW)  (PDF 1499KB)

82

Pharmacy Board of Tasmania  (TAS)  (PDF 131KB)

83

Chiropractors Registration Board of Australia  (TAS)  (PDF 79KB)

84

ACT Human Rights Commission  (ACT)  (PDF 7KB)  Att1 (PDF 31KB)

85

Public Interest Advocacy Centre Ltd (PIAC)  (NSW)  (PDF 225KB)  Att1 (PDF 369KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B received 24.7.09  (PDF 368KB)

86

Podiatrists Registration Board of Western Australia  (WA)  (PDF 13KB)

87

Forum of Australian Health Professions Councils  (ACT)  (PDF 31KB)

88

Professions Australia  (ACT)  (PDF 194KB)

89

Haines, Ms Sarah  (NSW)  (PDF 31KB)

90

Caple, Mrs Isis  (VIC)  (PDF 40KB)

91

Australian Medical Students' Association  (ACT)  (PDF 694KB)

92

Australian Medical Council  (ACT)  (PDF 66KB)

93

Department of Health and Ageing  (ACT)  (PDF 173KB)

94

Aged and Community Services Australia  (VIC)  (PDF 28KB)

95

Pharmacy Guild of Australia  (ACT)  (PDF 339KB)  Supplementary submission  (PDF 145KB) Comments on Bill B  (PDF 317KB)  received 24.7.09  National Licensing System for Specified Occupation – Decision regulation Impact Statement. April 2009  (PDF 271KB)

96

Naturopaths for Registration  (NSW)  (PDF 62KB)  Att1 (PDF 165KB)

97

Wardle, Mr Jon  (QLD)  (PDF 1231KB)

98

Council of Regulating Authorities for Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists Australia and New Zealand Inc (CORA)  (TAS)  (PDF 723KB)

99

Chiropractors' Association of Australia  (NSW)  (PDF 161KB)

100

Martin, Ms Sonia  (VIC)  (PDF 5KB)

101

Johnston, Ms Joy  (VIC)  (PDF 12KB)

102

Quanchi, Ms Andrea  (VIC)  (PDF 6KB)

103

Davies, Ms Lindy  (VIC)  (PDF 21KB)

104

Cisera, Ms Jane  (VIC)  (PDF 20KB)

105

Fraser, Ms Philippa  (NSW)  (PDF 8KB)

106

Motherway, Ms Siobhan  (VIC)  (PDF 30KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B received 25.6.09  (PDF 4KB)

107

Cisera, Ms Anna  (VIC)  (PDF 6KB)

108

Longworth, Ms Diane  (QLD)  (PDF 177KB)

109

Malavisi, Mr Pete  (WA)  (PDF 4KB)

110

Dillon, Ms Sally  (NSW)  (PDF 9KB)

111

Murphy, Ms Roberta  (WA)  (PDF 11KB)

112

Clark, Ms Rebecca  (NSW)  (PDF 7KB)

113

Meredith, Ms Rachele  (NSW)  (PDF 6KB)

114

Solo, Ms Ilana  (VIC)  (PDF 6KB)

115

Marney, Ms Eleanor  (VIC)  (PDF 12KB)

116

Darroch, Mr Robin  (VIC)  (PDF 47KB)

117

Buckland, Ms Wendy  (PDF 5KB)

118

McMahon Cooper, Ms Kim  (VIC)  (PDF 27KB)  Supplementary submission commenting Bill B received 23.7.09  (PDF 94KB)

119

Knights, Ms Yvette  (PDF 10KB)

120

Browne, Dr Michael and Dr Michele  (NSW)  (PDF 108KB)

121

Stokes, Ms Nikki  (VIC)  (PDF 9KB)

122

Donnellan-Ferandez, Ma Roslyn  (SA)  (PDF 12KB)

123

Stopic, Ms Melanie  (NSW)  (PDF 5KB)

124

Blair, Ms Louise  (QLD)  (PDF 9KB)

125

Drew, Ms Kate  (PDF 38KB)

126

Brown, Ms Tahne  (PDF 3KB)

127

Darroch, Ms Robin  (PDF 4KB)

128 Peereboom, Dr Jeffery  (PDF 6KB)

129

Australian Peak Nursing and Midwifery Forum  (ACT)  (PDF 280KB)

130

Frawley, Ms Kate  (PDF 8KB)

131

Ritchie, Ms Michelle  (PDF 9KB)

132

Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine (AAMM)  (QLD)  (PDF 155KB)

133

Scott, Ms Philippa  (QLD)  (PDF 40KB)

134

Cazzonelli, Ms Marjorie  (PDF 6KB)

135

Lowrie, Ms Amelia  (PDF 6KB)

136

Boland, Ms Claire  (PDF 29KB)

137

Cazzonelli, Ms Chris  (PDF 6KB)

138

Australian Medical Association WA Branch  (WA)  (PDF 6665KB)

139

Ratcliffe, Ms Kristy  (PDF 8KB)

140

Meares, Ms Michelle  (PDF 8KB)

141

Australian College of Midwives Queensland Branch  (QLD)  (PDF 17KB)

142

Coffey, Dr Walter  (PDF 134KB)

 

Additional information

Dr Louise Morauta, Project Manager, Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council, National Registration and Accreditation Implementation Project
Response to questions arising from the hearing 7.5.09, dated 21.5.09  (PDF 41KB)

For further information, contact:

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Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs
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