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Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009
sec.49-oc.2Approval of accredited programs of study
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### sec.49-oc.2 Approval of accredited programs of study
If a National Board is given a report by an accreditation authority about the authority’s accreditation of a program of study, the Board may approve, or refuse to approve, the accredited program of study as providing a qualification for the purposes of registration in a health profession for which the Board is established.
An approval under subsection (1) may be granted subject to the conditions the National Board considers necessary or desirable in the circumstances.
If the National Board decides to approve the accredited program of study it must give written notice of the approval to—
the National Agency for inclusion of the program of study in the list under subsection (5) ; and
the accreditation authority that submitted the program to the Board.
If the National Board decides to refuse to approve the accredited program of study—
it must give written notice of the refusal, including the reasons for the refusal, to the accreditation authority that submitted the program; and
the accreditation authority is entitled to publish any information or advice it gave the Board about the program.
A list of the programs of study approved by a National Board as providing a qualification for registration in a health profession for which the Board is established must be published on the National Agency’s website.
The list of approved programs of study published under subsection (5) must include, for each program of study, the name of the university, specialist medical or other college or other education provider that provides the approved program of study.
An approval under subsection (1) does not take effect until the program of study is included in the list published under subsection (5) .
sch s 49 amd 2017 No. 32 s 87 (1) s ch 1 pt 1
(sec.49-oc.2-ssec.1) If a National Board is given a report by an accreditation authority about the authority’s accreditation of a program of study, the Board may approve, or refuse to approve, the accredited program of study as providing a qualification for the purposes of registration in a health profession for which the Board is established.
(sec.49-oc.2-ssec.2) An approval under subsection (1) may be granted subject to the conditions the National Board considers necessary or desirable in the circumstances.
(sec.49-oc.2-ssec.3) If the National Board decides to approve the accredited program of study it must give written notice of the approval to— the National Agency for inclusion of the program of study in the list under subsection (5) ; and the accreditation authority that submitted the program to the Board.
(sec.49-oc.2-ssec.4) If the National Board decides to refuse to approve the accredited program of study— it must give written notice of the refusal, including the reasons for the refusal, to the accreditation authority that submitted the program; and the accreditation authority is entitled to publish any information or advice it gave the Board about the program.
(sec.49-oc.2-ssec.5) A list of the programs of study approved by a National Board as providing a qualification for registration in a health profession for which the Board is established must be published on the National Agency’s website.
(sec.49-oc.2-ssec.6) The list of approved programs of study published under subsection (5) must include, for each program of study, the name of the university, specialist medical or other college or other education provider that provides the approved program of study.
(sec.49-oc.2-ssec.7) An approval under subsection (1) does not take effect until the program of study is included in the list published under subsection (5) .
- (a) the National Agency for inclusion of the program of study in the list under subsection (5) ; and
- (b) the accreditation authority that submitted the program to the Board.
- (a) it must give written notice of the refusal, including the reasons for the refusal, to the accreditation authority that submitted the program; and
- (b) the accreditation authority is entitled to publish any information or advice it gave the Board about the program.