25Functions of National Agency

25 Functions of National Agency

25 Functions of National Agency

The functions of the National Agency are as follows—

(a) to provide administrative assistance and support to the National Boards, and the Boards’ committees, in exercising their functions;

(b) in consultation with the National Boards, to develop and administer procedures for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective operation of the National Boards;

(c) to establish procedures for the development of accreditation standards, registration standards and codes and guidelines approved by National Boards, for the purpose of ensuring the national registration and accreditation scheme operates in accordance with good regulatory practice;

(d) to negotiate in good faith with, and attempt to come to an agreement with, each National Board on the terms of a health profession agreement;

(e) to establish and administer an efficient procedure for receiving and dealing with applications for registration as a health practitioner and other matters relating to the registration of registered health practitioners;

(f) in conjunction with the National Boards, to keep up-to-date and publicly accessible national registers of registered health practitioners for each health profession;

(g) in conjunction with the National Boards, to keep up-to-date national registers of students for each health profession;

(h) to keep an up-to-date and publicly accessible list of approved programs of study for each health profession;

(i) to establish an efficient procedure for receiving and dealing with notifications against persons who are or were registered health practitioners and persons who are students, including by establishing a national process for receiving notifications about registered health practitioners in all professions;

(j) to give advice to the Ministerial Council on issues relating to the national registration and accreditation scheme;

(k) if asked by the Ministerial Council, to give to the Ministerial Council the assistance or information reasonably required by the Ministerial Council in connection with the administration of the national registration and accreditation scheme;

(ka) to do anything else necessary or convenient for the effective and efficient operation of the national registration and accreditation scheme;