Accreditation Committee

The Paramedicine Accreditation Committee (Accreditation Committee) has been appointed by the Paramedicine Board of Australia (the National Board) to exercise accreditation functions for the profession under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (National Law). 

Committee members 

Dr William Lord AM

Chair and registered practitioner and academic member
Queensland

Mr Martin Nichols ASM

Co-Deputy Chair and registered practitioner member
New South Wales

Dr Alexandra Webb

Co-Deputy Chair and academic member
Australian Capital Territory

Dr Anthony (Scott) Devenish

Registered practitioner and academic member
Queensland

Dr Natalie Dodd

Registered practitioner member
Queensland

Mr Richard Larsen ASM

Registered practitioner member
South Australia

Dr Sonja Maria

Registered practitioner member
New South Wales

Dr Brendan Shannon

Registered practitioner member
Victoria

Terms of reference

Under its Terms of reference, the Accreditation Committee is responsible:

Accreditation standards: For developing accreditation standards for paramedicine programs of study, for approval by the National Board.

Education providers: For assessing and monitoring programs of study and education providers against the approved accreditation standards.

• Paramedicine Accreditation Committee November 2024 (353 KB, PDF), Word version (158 KB,DOCX)

The Committee is not responsible for setting registration standards, registering health practitioners, or investigating complaints about health practitioners.