Registration Standards

Registration standards define the requirements that applicants, registrants or students need to meet to be registered. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has developed the following registration standards:

Nursing and Midwifery Continuing Professional Development Registration Standard (300 KB,PDF)
Nursing and Midwifery Criminal History Registration Standard (301 KB,PDF)
Nursing and Midwifery English Language Skills Registration Standard effective 19 Sept 2011 (288 KB,PDF)
Nursing and Midwifery Professional Indemnity Insurance Arrangements Registration Standard (258 KB,PDF)
- The Board has developed supplementary Guidelines for Professional Indemnity Insurance Arrangements for Midwives (551 KB,PDF). Guidelines for Professional Indemnity Insurance Arrangements for Nurses are in development.
Nursing and Midwifery Recency of Practice Registration Standard (203 KB,PDF)
Nursing and Midwifery Endorsement nurse practitioners Registration Standard (206 KB,PDF)
Registration Standard for Endorsement for Scheduled Medicines for Midwives (307 KB,PDF)
Registration Standard for Eligible Midwives (845 KB,PDF) (Note: this Registration Standard for Eligible Midwives has been reformatted yet the content remains unchanged.)
Nursing and Midwifery Endorsement scheduled medicines Registered Nurses Registration Standard (205 KB,PDF)

More information relating to registration standards, including English language skills, continuing professional development and recency of practice, is available in FAQ and fact sheets on the National Board website.

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