5CPD policies

5 CPD policies

(1) Each responsible licensee of a relevant provider, and each licensee who is a relevant provider, must develop and adopt a policy (CPD policy) and may amend the policy at any time. (2) The policy must be adopted: (a) If the CPD year is affected by subsection 1546E(5) of the Act, by 31 March 2019; or (b) if the licensee becomes a licensee, or a responsible licensee, no later than 3 months after, becoming a licensee, or a responsible licensee. (3) A CPD policy, and an amendment of a CPD policy, must be in writing. (4) A licensee’s CPD policy (including as amended) must do all the following: (a) specify the licensee’s CPD year; (b) set out the licensee’s overall approach to its CPD obligations and the CPD obligations of relevant providers for whom it is responsible licensee; (c) describe how the licensee will: (i) if required by section 11—assess and approve CPD plans of relevant providers; and (ii) monitor the implementation of CPD plans of relevant providers; and (iii) assess and approve activities for the purposes of section 8, and attribute hours to them; and (iv) ensure that the relevant providers for whom it is the responsible licensee meet the requirements of subsection 9(3); and (v) check compliance with the CPD policy and with this determination by itself and the relevant providers for whom it is the responsible licensee; and (vi) record and maintain evidence of completion of, and the outcomes of, qualifying CPD activities; and (vii) ensure that records required by this determination are completed and maintained.

Note 1: For subparagraph (c)(iv), subsection 9(3) requires that at least 70% of the minimum CPD hours required must be in CPD activities approved by the licensee.

Note 2: For relevant providers’ CPD plans see section 6.

(5) Each licensee must publish its CPD policy, including as amended, on its website, and must ensure that the policy is accessible by relevant providers for whom it is the responsible licensee.