Past Consultations

Where there are consultations which are open for input, they will be shown under Current Consultations.

Review of Accreditation Standards

The Occupational Therapy Council (Australia & New Zealand) Ltd (OTC) is currently undertaking a review of the accreditation standards used for the accreditation of entry-level programs of occupational therapy education in Australia.

A copy of the consultation document, along with information on how to make a submission are available at the OTC’s website (www.otcouncil.com.au). The OTC welcomes feedback on any aspects of the proposed accreditation standards.

Public consultation paper on accreditation standards.

Opened: 13 December 2012
Closing: 16 February 2013

Consultation paper on international criminal history checks

Public consultation paper on international criminal history checks (807 KB,PDF)

Released: 25 June 2012
Closed: 17 August 2012

Submissions received can be found here.

Supervision Guidelines for Occupational Therapy

Consultation Paper on Supervision Guidelines for Occupational Therapy (706 KB,PDF)
Submissions received and Board decision - Supervision Guidelines (60.1 KB,PDF)

Released: 21 May 2012
Closed: 15 June 2012

Submissions Received

Health Services Commissioner, Victoria (419 KB,PDF)
Health and Community Services Union (445 KB,PDF)
Jo McGregor (149 KB,PDF)
Janelle Braithwaite (126 KB,PDF)
Jennifer Kemp (81.1 KB,PDF)
Lois Clarke (70.8 KB,PDF)
Name withheld (140 KB,PDF)
Occupational Therapy Australia (191 KB,PDF)
Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand (115 KB,PDF)
Occupational Therapy Board of Queensland (189 KB,PDF)
Occupational Therapy Discipline, James Cook University (26.3 KB,PDF)
OT AUS NSW Private Practitioner Focus Group (117 KB,PDF)
OT Registration Board of the Northern Territory (44.2 KB,PDF)
Robert Pereira (135 KB,PDF)
Sally Wojnar-Horton (119 KB,PDF)

Proposed Codes and Guidelines

Advertising guidelines
Code of conduct for registered health practitioners
Guidelines for mandatory notifications

Consultation Paper - Codes and Guidelines (959 KB,PDF)

Submissions Received and Board decision -Codes and Guidelines (185 KB,PDF)

Released: 21 November 2011
Closed: 9 January 2012

Submissions Received

ACT HSC (196 KB,PDF) CFA (101 KB,PDF)
CHF (810 KB,PDF)
Group of OTs from Qld Dept of Communities (13.4 KB,PDF)
Health Services Commissioner (45.7 KB,PDF)
OTA (202 KB,PDF)
OTBNZ (1.06 MB,PDF)
OTBQ (116 KB,PDF)
R Bruce (12.2 KB,PDF)

Feedback for Noting

OTRBWA (203 KB,PDF)

Proposed Registration Standards

Continuing professional development (CPD) and CPD Guidelines
Criminal history
English language skills
Professional indemnity insurance (PII)
Recency of practice

Occupational Therapy Proposed Registration Standards Consultation Paper (486 KB,PDF)

Submissions Received and Board decision (58.0 KB,PDF)

Released: 30 August 2011
Closed: 7 October 2011

Submissions Received

1.General submissions

Anonymous(23.1 KB,PDF)
Bracher (62.6 KB,PDF)
Barton (9.32 KB,PDF)
Clarke(54.5 KB,PDF)
Consumers Federation of Australia (260 KB,PDF)
Degan (50.6 KB,PDF)
Dender (130 KB,PDF)
Health Quality and Complaints Commission (123 KB,PDF)
Health Services Commissioner(40.1 KB,PDF)
HSU (788 KB,PDF)
K Padinjath(8.92 KB,PDF)
McAlpine (92.5 KB,PDF)
McManus (76.2 KB,PDF)
Northcott Disability Services (51.0 KB,PDF)
NSW Health(97.3 KB,PDF)
OTA (215 KB,PDF)
OTBNZ(1.10 MB,PDF)
OTBQ (153 KB,PDF)
OTBSA(1.58 MB,PDF)
OTBWA (234 KB,PDF)
OTWA (14.7 KB,PDF)
Scanlan(45.0 KB,PDF)
Sprangers (21.0 KB,PDF)
Westmead Children's Hospital (106 KB,PDF)

2.Submissions regarding Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

3.Submissions regarding English Language Skills (ELS)

Azad (8.87 KB,PDF)
Azad 2 (9.15 KB,PDF)
Chen (46.1 KB,PDF)
J Padinjath (106 KB,PDF)
Puckeridge (28.9 KB,PDF)
Roberts (10.2 KB,PDF)
S Padinjath (10.3 KB,PDF)
Shori (57.5 KB,PDF)

4.Submission regarding Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII)

Court (53.0 KB,PDF)