Policies

Professional Codes & Guidelines

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia provides guidance to nurses and midwives by publishing a range of policies, codes and guidelines. These documents:

help understand the NMBA’s expectations and requirements
provide and pathways to meet them.

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Common Protocol - Informing notifiers about the reasons for National Board decisions	PDF (91.8KB)	Word version (58.5 KB,DOCX)	1 August 2018
Exemptions from continuing professional development for nurses and midwives	PDF (114KB)	Web page	From 1 June 2016
Current: Policy: Re-entry to practice	PDF (354 KB)	Web page	11 February 2019
Retired: Policy: Re-entry to practice	PDF (316KB)		From 1 September 2015 To 10 February 2019
Mothercraft nurses policy	PDF (45.0KB)	Web page	24 August 2017

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