Members

  • Australian Dental Council

    Australian Dental Council


    In the interest of promoting and protecting the oral health of the Australian community the ADC ensures the standards and quality of education and training programs and assessment for the dental and oral health professions by:
    • leadership in developing national statements of attributes and competencies for the dental and oral health professions;
    • developing national accreditation standards for education and training courses leading to registration of graduates as dental practitioners;
    • implementing accreditation processes for education and training courses that are peer-based, independent, professional, effective and well regarded by the public, the profession, educational institutions, registration authorities and Government; and
    • assessing the qualifications and conducting examinations of overseas qualified dental professionals leading to registration for practice in Australia.

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  • Australian Medical Council


    The AMC purpose is to ensure that standards of education, training and assessment of the medical profession promote and protect the health of the Australian community.

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  • Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council


    The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) will ensure that standards of nursing and midwifery education promote and protect the health of the Australian community.

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  • Australian Pharmacy Council


    The APC is a not-for-profit independent industry-specific national accreditation authority assigned the accreditation functions for the Pharmacy Board of Australia by the Australian Health Ministers and in doing so safeguards health outcomes for the Australian public. The APC does this using wide consultation and transparent processes.

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  • Australian Physiotherapy Council


    The Australian Physiotherapy Council is an independent national body engaging locally and globally in oversight of the guidance, development and assurance of standards for health professional practice in the public interest. The Australian Physiotherapy Council values integrity, excellence, collaboration, reliability and accountability.

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  • Australian Psychology Accreditation Council


    The Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) develops standards for the education and training of psychologists, accredits courses against those standards and advises higher education providers regarding the quality of psychologist education and training.

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  • Council on Chiropractic Education Australasia Inc


    Ensuring and maintaining quality assurance in chiropractic education and competency in Australia and New Zealand.

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  • Australian and New Zealand Osteopathic Council


    ANZOC has been delegated the authority of accreditation of osteopathic educational programs and the assessment of overseas qualified osteopath for purpose of registration in Australia and New Zealand. This delegation is pursuant to the Australian legislation: The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act (2009) and the New Zealand legislation: The Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (2003). The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) recognises ANZOC as the assessing authority for the purposes of skilled migration (for osteopathy) in Australia.

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  • Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand


    The Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand (OCANZ) was established in 1996 with support of the optometrists registration boards in Australia and New Zealand, the Heads of the Optometry Schools, the Optometrists Association of Australia and the New Zealand Optometric Association. All are represented on OCANZ.


    OCANZ assesses overseas optometry qualifications and conducts a competency-based examination for international optometrists. It also assesses, for the purposes of accreditation, the Australian and New Zealand optometry courses.

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  • Australian and New Zealand Podiatry Accreditation Council


    The Australian & New Zealand Podiatry Accreditation Council Inc. ("ANZPAC") was incorporated in South Australia on 16 April 2008. The ANZPAC is an independent body comprising members consisting of the Podiatry Registration Boards in Australia and New Zealand.The Board of Management comprises registered podiatrists (nominated by the Registration Boards), nominees from the professional associations (Australasian Podiatry Council and Podiatry New Zealand), nominees from the educational institutions offering podiatric programs and community representation.

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  • Occupational Therapy Council (Australia and New Zealand) LTD


    The purpose of the OTC is to:
    • assess, for the purpose of granting accreditation, programs leading to eligibility for registration as an occupational therapist to practise in Australia or New Zealand;
    • advise and make recommendations to the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) relating to the accredited status to be granted to an occupational therapy program;
    • advise and make recommendations to AHPRA on matters concerning the registration of occupational therapists;
    • develop, review and maintain accreditation standards and processes to assess occupational therapy programs;
    • develop and implement an overseas skills assessment process to ensure the knowledge, clinical skills and professional attributes of overseas-trained occupational therapists are of an equivalent standard to occupational therapists in Australia and New Zealand;
    • provide information and advice to Government concerning the adequacy of a person’s qualifications and skills in the field of occupational therapy for the purposes of migration to Australia and New Zealand;
    • assess authorities in other countries who conduct examinations, or accredit programs of study relevant to registration as an occupational therapist, to decide whether persons who successfully complete the examinations or programs of study conducted or accredited by the authorities have the knowledge, clinical skills and professional attributes necessary to practise the profession in Australia and New Zealand;
    • provide information and advice to Government relating to law and policy concerning accreditation and competency requirements for the registration of occupational therapists;
    • establish and maintain relationships with bodies or organisations having objectives and functions in whole or in part similar to the objectives and functions of OTC.

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