Education provider staff who meet the requirements and are engaged in teaching, supervising, supporting and/or assessing students for required skills, knowledge, attitudes and graduate competency outcomes.

The primary birth attendant who conducts or manages the delivery of a baby.

Means that nurses and midwives answer to the persons in their care, the NMBA, their employers and the public. Nurses and midwives are accountable for their decisions, actions, behaviours and the responsibilities that are inherent in their nursing or midwifery role. Accountability cannot be delegated. The registered nurse or midwife, who delegates activities to be undertaken by another registered nurse, midwife, enrolled nurse, student, another health professional or health worker, remains accountable for the decision to delegate, for monitoring the level of performance by the other person, and for evaluating the outcomes of what has been delegated.

Form of program evaluation in which the quality of an education program is judged against defined accreditation standards through a combination of self-assessment and external peer review. Accreditation of program ensures that the education and training leading to registration as a health practitioner is rigorous and prepares the graduates to practise the health profession safely.

Health Professions Accreditation Council’s Forum/Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency,(2015)  Communication between Accreditation Authorities and National Boards about accreditation and program approval decisions and changes to accreditation standards – a guidance document about good practice

Retrieved from: https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Publications/Accreditation-publications.aspx

ANMAC Accreditation assessors are part of a team that evaluates nursing and midwifery programs and education providers to ensure compliance with ANMAC’s accreditation standards.

As defined within the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act (2009) (National Law) an accreditation authority means:

• an external accreditation entity; or 
• an accreditation committee.

Committees established by ANMAC to review the accreditation assessment outcomes for nursing and midwifery education programs leading to eligibility to apply for registration and endorsement. There are four committees - Enrolled Nurse, Midwife, Nurse Practitioner and Registered Nurse. Each accreditation committee comprises members with academic, education or clinical experience and expertise. The committees make recommendations to ANMAC’s CEO.

Includes a new education program submission from an education provider, an application to change an accredited education program, the discovery of a change by ANMAC, monitoring and management of complaints.

The date the program ceases to be accredited for the purpose of enrolling new students. Accreditation expiry dates are stipulated by ANMAC and are based on when the program is published on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia’s Approved Program of Study list.

As defined within the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act (2009) (National Law) an accreditation standard for a health profession means a standard used to assess whether a program of study and the education provider that provides the program of study, provide persons who complete the program with the knowledge, skills and professional attributes necessary to practise the profession in Australia.