Sticking Up for Victoria? - Victoria’s Legislative Council Inquires into the Performance of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

(2015) 40, 3 Monash University Law Review 890

Deakin Law School Research Paper No. 15-09

31 Pages Posted: 28 Jul 2015 Last revised: 11 Nov 2015

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Gabrielle Wolf

Deakin University, Geelong, Australia - Deakin Law School

Date Written: July 22, 2015

Abstract

This article analyses the report of the Victorian Legislative Council’s Legal and Social Issues Legislation Committee (‘Committee’) from its Inquiry into the Performance of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). AHPRA is a national body that provides administrative support for the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS), under which practitioners in 14 health professions across Australia are regulated. The article considers the Committee’s findings and recommendations in light of the impetuses for the creation of the NRAS, as well as the structure and implementation of the NRAS and AHPRA. It is argued that that the value of the Committee’s report is confined to its identification of important issues concerning the NRAS and AHPRA that, in the near future, will require a more critical and comprehensive investigation than the Committee undertook.

Keywords: Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

Suggested Citation

Wolf, Gabrielle, Sticking Up for Victoria? - Victoria’s Legislative Council Inquires into the Performance of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (July 22, 2015). (2015) 40, 3 Monash University Law Review 890, Deakin Law School Research Paper No. 15-09, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2634817

Gabrielle Wolf (Contact Author)

Deakin University, Geelong, Australia - Deakin Law School ( email )

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Burwood, Victoria 3125, Victoria 3125
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