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5 Definitions ACC means the Australian Crime Commission established under section 7 of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (Cwlth). accreditation authority means— (a) an external accreditation entity; or (b) an accreditation committee. accreditation committee means a committee established by a National Board to exercise an accreditation function for a health profession for which the Board is established.

accreditation standard, for a health profession, means a standard used to assess whether a program of study, and the education provider that provides the program of study, provide persons who complete the program with the knowledge, skills and professional attributes necessary to practise the profession in Australia. accredited program of study means a program of study accredited under section 48 by an accreditation authority. adjudication body means— (a) a panel; or (b) a responsible tribunal; or (c) a Court; or (d) an entity of a co-regulatory jurisdiction that is declared in the Act applying this Law to be an adjudication body for the Agency Board means the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Board established by section 29. Agency Fund means the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Fund established by section 208. appropriate professional indemnity insurance arrangements, in relation to a registered health practitioner, means professional indemnity insurance arrangements that comply with an approved registration standard for the health profession in which the practitioner is registered. approved accreditation standard means an accreditation standard— (a) approved by a National Board under section 47 (3); and (b) published on the Board’s website under section 47 (6). approved area of practice, for a health profession, means an area of practice approved under section 15 for the profession.

approved program of study, for a health profession or for endorsement of registration in a health profession, means an accredited program of study— (a) approved under section 49 (1) by the National Board established for the health profession; and (b) included in the list published by the National Agency under section 49 (5). approved qualification— (a) for a health profession, means a qualification obtained by completing an approved program of study for the profession; and (b) for endorsement of registration in a health profession, means a qualification obtained by completing an approved program of study relevant to the endorsement. approved registration standard means a registration standard— (a) approved by the Ministerial Council under section 12; and (b) published on the website of the National Board that developed the standard. Australian legal practitioner means a person who— (a) is admitted to the legal profession under the law of a State or Territory; and (b) holds a current practising certificate under a law of a State or Territory authorising the person to practise the legal profession. COAG Agreement means the agreement for a national registration and accreditation scheme for health professions, made on