The Medical Board of Australia (the Board) is consulting on a draft revised registration standard for Endorsement of registration for acupuncture for registered medical practitioners.

Under the National Law1, health practitioners who wish to use the protected title ‘acupuncturist’ must either have their registration endorsed for acupuncture by the relevant National Board or be registered with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia. The current and draft revised registration standards define the requirements for granting endorsement of registration for acupuncture for medical practitioners with general and/or specialist registration.

The Board is inviting comments on the draft revised registration standard for Endorsement of registration for acupuncture for registered medical practitioners. There are also specific questions which you may wish to address in your response.

Please provide written submissions by email, marked: ‘Consultation on draft revised standard for acupuncture endorsement’ to medboardconsultation@ahpra.gov.au by close of business on 5 April 2021