Professional qualifications that a practitioner must have to meet the requirements for registration in a profession. Undergraduate and postgraduate Australian qualifications recognised by National Boards are published on the National Board’s websites. Individual practitioner’s approved qualifications are published on the register of practitioners.

Refers to characteristics and grades with respect to excellence.

Quality Framework for the Accreditation Function (Quality Framework). Accreditation authorities, National Boards and AHPRA have agreed to the Quality Framework as the principal reference document to assess the work of accreditation authorities.

A process that involves (11): 

• Selecting treatment options – medicines may be chosen to manage health conditions and treat illnesses. They must only be chosen where they offer the most appropriate alternative to self-care, prevention and other management or therapeutic options, which must be considered and accessible 
• Choosing suitable medicines – in selecting, prescribing or deprescribing a medicine, the clinical and non-clinical factors, person’s experience, needs, preferences and values, potential benefits and harms, and out-of-pocket cost of access must be considered; and 
• Using medicines safely and effectively – getting the best possible results means monitoring outcomes, reporting adverse events, managing symptoms or side effects, minimising misuse, overuse and underuse, and empowering and supporting people to make decisions to use medicines safely and effectively.