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The Board undertakes wide-ranging consultation on proposals that affect the profession.
Consultation is an important part of the Board’s engagement with members of the paramedicine profession, members of the public and other stakeholders. The feedback provided via consultation is greatly valued, and informs the Board’s development of important documents.
The Paramedicine Board of Australia (the Board) is conducting a public consultation as part of its proposal to regulate advanced practice paramedics.
Health Ministers have indicated their interest in the Board establishing regulation for advanced practice paramedics and enabling independent prescribing outside of ambulance services. The Board has progressed a piece of work to explore the role of advanced practice paramedics in Australia.
The Board is proposing to regulate advanced practice paramedics and invites your feedback on the proposal.
The Board is seeking your feedback in relation to specific questions.
You are invited to provide feedback by:
Upon completion of the survey there is an option to save a copy of your responses for your records.
For further information please email [email protected]
Please provide your feedback using the online survey options (see above) or the submission templates.
Consultation opens: Wednesday 23rd April 2025 Consultation closes: Friday 20 June 2025
The Board publishes submissions at their discretion. The Board will generally publish public consultation responses on its website to encourage discussion and inform the community and stakeholders. Unless otherwise requested, the Board will publish submissions on its website.
The Board will not publish on its website, or make available to the public, submissions that contain offensive or defamatory comments or which are outside the scope of this consultation. Before publication we may remove personally identifying information from submissions, including contact details.
The Board also accepts responses made in confidence. These responses will not be published on the website or elsewhere. Submissions may be confidential because they include personal experiences or other sensitive information. A request for access to a confidential submission will be determined in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth), which has provisions designed to protect personal information and information given in confidence. Unless otherwise requested, published submissions will include the names of the individuals and/or organisations that made the submission.
Please let us know if you do not want your submission published or want all or part of your submission to be treated as confidential.
