The Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (the Board) may develop any 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.
For further information please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.
Policies
| Document |
PDF |
Accessible format |
Date of effect |
| Common Protocol - Informing notifiers about the reasons for National Board decisions |
PDF (91.8KB) |
Word version
(58.6 KB,DOCX) |
1 August 2018 |
Codes and guidelines
| Document |
PDF |
Accessible format |
Date of effect |
| Guideline - Informing a National Board about where you practise |
PDF (152 KB) |
Word version
(590 KB,DOCX) |
1 August 2018 |
| Guidelines for advertising a regulated health service |
PDF (235 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 |
Code of conduct
For more information see Code of conduct page |
PDF (323KB) |
Web page |
29 June 2022 |
| Continuing professional development guidelines |
PDF (326 KB) |
Word version
(240KB,DOCX) |
1 December 2019 |
| Guidelines for safe practice of Chinese herbal medicine |
|
Web page |
1 December 2023 |
| Infection prevention and control guidelines for acupuncture practice |
|
Web page |
1 December 2023 |
| Social media: How to meet your obligations under the National Law |
|
Web page |
Regularly updated |
Patient health records guidelines
| Document |
PDF |
Accessible format |
Date of effect |
| Patient health records guidelines |
PDF (57.0 KB) |
Word version
(400 KB,DOCX) |
16 August 2016 |
Supervised practice
† 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 and in November 2024 to reflect the Pharmacy Board of Australia adopting the framework for restrictions relating to supervised practice for health, conduct or performance concerns for pharmacists holding general registration only from 29 November 2024.
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 name |
PDF |
Date of effect |
| Retired version: Code of conduct |
PDF
(144 KB) |
17 March 2014 to 28 June 2022 |
| Retired version: Supervision guidelines for Chinese medicine practitioners |
PDF
(446KB)
|
31 October 2014 to 31 January 2022 |
| Retired version: Guidelines for advertising regulated health services |
PDF
(155KB) |
To 13 December 2020 |
| Retired version: Guidelines for mandatory notifications |
PDF
(149KB) |
To 29 February 2020 |
| Retired version: Continuing professional development guidelines |
PDF
(326KB) |
1 December 2012 |
| Retired version: Guidelines for advertising of regulated health services |
PDF
(490KB) |
To 16 March 2014 |
| Retired version: Guidelines for mandatory notifications |
PDF
(448KB) |
To 16 March 2014 |
| Retired version: Code of conduct |
PDF
(465KB) |
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.
