health professions licensing authority

medical board

• membership
• role
• code, policies and forms
• peak body

membership

• Chair –Dr Charles Kilburn
• Prof – Dr Len Notaras
• Public Member – Diane Walsh
• Prof Member – Dr David Gawler
• Prof Member – Dr Jennifer Delima
• Public Member – Richard Bryson
• Prof Member - Dr Paul Helliwell
• Prof Member - Dr Meredith Arcus

role

The Medical Board of the Northern Territory is a statutory body responsible for ensuring the public is protected through the regulation of medical practitioners registered in the Northern Territory.

The Medical Board carries out this mandate by:

• Ensuring that all medical practitioners have received educational preparation to an agreed national standard;
• Dealing with issues of conduct and taking any disciplinary action as required;
• Administering the framework under which impaired medical practitioners can be rehabilitated without necessarily losing their license to practice;
• Assisting to improve medical practitioners performance should it be found to be below accepted professional standards, and
• Ensuring that all medical practitioners either currently registered or intending to be registered are competent and fit to practise.

The Health Professions Licensing Authority (HPLA) provides a bureau service to the Medical Board and carries out administrative duties as directed by it.

The objectives of the Health Practitioners Act 2004 (the Act) requires the Medical Board to:

• Protect and promote the health and safety of the people of the Territory;
• Promote the highest standard of professional health care practice in the Territory;
• Determine the standards for registration and enrolment of health practitioners and for professional health care practice in the Territory, and
• Facilitate the continuing competence of health practitioners in the Territory.

medical code

The Medical Code is comprised of the General and Medical Board specific policies listed below.

General Policies

Medical Board Specific Policies

Note: Policies remain current until a review has been completed and the revised version available on the website

	Competence Assessment Policy	PDF | DOC
	English Language Proficiency Policy	PDF | DOC
	Area of Need Policy	PDF | DOC
	Area of Need Supervisors Reports	PDF | DOC
	Attributes of New Graduate Medical Practitioners	PDF | DOC
	Policy Alternative Medicines	PDF | DOC
	Position Statement Medical Practitioners Infected with Blood Borne Pathogens	PDF | DOC
	Circumcision Position Statement	PDF | DOC
	Good Practice Medicine Guidelines	PDF | DOC
	Guidelines Practice of Alternative Medicines and Experimental Treatments	PDF | DOC
	Medical Certificates	PDF | DOC
	Medical Records Policy	PDF | DOC
	Steroids for Body Building Policy	PDF | DOC
	Standards for Telemedicine	PDF | DOC
	Temazepam Capsule Prescribing Policy	PDF | DOC
	Terminating of a Professional Relationship	PDF | DOC
	Technology Based Patient Consultation	PDF | DOC
	Performance Assessment Policy	PDF | DOC
	Entitlement to Registration Policy	PDF | DOC
	Issuance of Certificate of Registration Status	DOC
	Internship Policy and Guidelines	PDF | DOC
	Information Sheet IMGPAC	PDF | DOC
	IMGPAC Flowchart	PDF | DOC
	RACGP NCP Categories	PDF
	Statement on Providing Care to Yourself and Those Close to You	PDF | DOC

Registration Forms

	Application for Registration Area of Need Medical Practitioner	PDF | DOC
	Application Form Intern Medical Practitioner	PDF | DOC
	Application Form Medical Practitioners	PDF | DOC
	Area of Need Approval Application Employer to Complete	PDF | DOC
	Mutual Recognition Form	PDF | DOC
	Checklist for Area of Need General Practice Applications	PDF | DOC
	Checklist for Area of Need Specialist Applications	PDF | DOC

peak body

Australian Medical Council

useful link

Doctor Connect