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Student Regulatory Compliance

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Student Registration

All students enrolling in University of Tasmania School of Nursing and Midwifery (SNM) Bachelor of Nursing and Graduate Diploma of Midwifery programs are required, under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009, to register with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Under the National Law, the role of AHPRA is to:

  • register students;
  • maintain a Student Register that is not publicly available;
  • deal with notifications about students:
    • whose health is impaired to such a degree that there may be a substantial risk of harm to the public; or
    • who have been charged with an offence, or have been convicted or found guilty of an offence which is punishable by 12 months imprisonment;

The University is authorised and required to collect and provide this information to AHPRA under s88 of the National Law (page 92). The University Student Centre will provide information as required of students enrolling in the Bachelor of Nursing and Graduate Diploma pf Midwifery programs to AHPRA for registration and entry on the AHPRA Student Register database.

Regulatory Compliance

The University also has responsibilities in relation to the "mandatory reporting" of students who have an impairment that may place the public at substantial risk of harm. These are detailed in s143 of the National Law (page 139).

The SNM, through the implementation of the Health Science Safety in Practice Kit, fulfils the "mandatory reporting" requirements relating to:

Student Regulatory Compliance Procedure

The School of Nursing and Midwifery evaluates students' capacity to comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia regulatory requirements via the following procedure.

Students undertaking School of Nursing & Midwifery courses are required to:

This is achieved when:

  1. Students complete the documentation requirements contained in the Bachelor of Nursing or Postgraduate Midwifery Stream Safety in Practice Agreement Form and submit this documentation to the SNM Professional Experience Placement Coordinator at their campus.

    Bachelor of Nursing Safety in Practice Agreement Form
    Postgraduate     Safety in Practice Agreement Form - Midwifery Stream

  2. The completed Safety in Practice documentation is viewed by the SNM Director of Professional Experience (or delegate), with two possible outcomes:
  • All students who establish their capacity to practise safely are deemed eligible to fully participate in the Nursing and Midwifery programs with access to laboratories, workplace simulation environments and undertake professional experience placements.
  • The Health Science Professional Practice Review Panel reviews the documentation of any student identified as having a medical, physical or psychological impairment or criminal record that may place the public at risk of harm.

    Where a student is found likely to place the public at substantial risk of harm, the Faculty of Health Science notifies AHPRA, who assess the student's documentation via the AHPRA Notification Process.

    This can result in change of the student's registration status (i.e. reasonable adjustment and support in practice or deregistration) by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.