Codes and Guidelines

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia (the Board) develops codes or guidelines that are necessary to provide guidance to health practitioners and clarify the Board’s views and expectations on a range of issues.

Any codes and/or guidelines will be listed here as they become available.

Codes and guidelines

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Informing a National Board about where you practice	PDF (287KB)	Word version (601 KB,DOCX)	1 September 2018
Supervised practice framework^† For more information see Supervised practice framework page	PDF (202KB)	Web page	1 February 2022
Supervision guidelines For more information see Supervised practice framework page	PDF (76.0KB)	Web page	1 February 2022
Recency of practice: Template substantial change in scope of practice - Plan for professional development	PDF (278KB)	Word version (180 KB,DOCX)	1 December 2019
Guidelines for CPD	PDF (177 KB)	Web page	1 December 2019
Code of conduct For more information see Code of conduct page	PDF (323KB)	Web page	29 June 2022
Guidelines for advertising a regulated health service	PDF (192 KB)	Web page	14 December 2020
Guidelines: Mandatory notifications about registered health practitioners*	PDF (250 KB)	Web page	1 March 2020
Guidelines: Mandatory notifications about registered students**	PDF (150 KB)	Web page	1 March 2020
Social media guidance		Web page	11 November 2019

^† The Supervised practice framework was updated in April 2023 to reflect the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia adopting the framework from 1 April 2023.

Policy directions

Under Section 11 of the National Law, as in force in each state and territory, the Ministerial Council may issue a National Board with policy directions.

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Policy Direction 2019-01 - Paramountcy of public protection when administering the National Scheme Policy Direction 2019-02 - Requirements to consult with patient safety bodies and health care consumer bodies on every new and revised registration standard, code and guidelines	PDF (2.34MB)		8 January 2020

FAQ and Fact Sheets

For more information, please see FAQ.

Additional information

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Summary of research to inform registration standards review	PDF (117 KB)	Word version (30.1 KB,DOCX)	23 October 2019

Retired versions

Document	PDF	Date of effect
Retired version:Code of conduct	PDF (186 KB)	17 March 2014 to 28 June 2022
Retired version: Supervision guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners	PDF (714 KB)	From 2012 to 31 January 2022
Retired version: Guidelines for advertising regulated health services	PDF (155 KB)	To 13 December 2020
Retired version: Guidelines for recency of practice	PDF (110 KB)	To 30 November 2019
Retired version: Guidelines for mandatory notifications	PDF (149 KB)	To 29 February 2020
Retired version: Guidelines for CPD	PDF (410 KB)	To 1 December 2019
Retired version: Guidelines on grandparenting	PDF (461 KB)	To 30 June 2015
Retired version: Code of conduct	PDF (474 KB)	To 16 March 2014
Retired version: Guidelines for advertising of regulated health services	PDF (545 KB)	To 16 March 2014
Retired version: Guidelines for mandatory notifications	PDF (556 KB)	To 16 March 2014

*The Guidelines: Mandatory notifications about registered health practitioners have been updated on 29 June 2020 to include minor formatting and word changes and changes to the flowcharts on pages 20, 22 and 26 of the guidelines.

**The Guidelines: Mandatory notifications about registered students have been updated on 29 June 2020 to include minor formatting and word changes and sections 39 and 40 of the National Law in Appendix A.