The Australian Register of Naturopaths and Herbalists is in the process of being established and will provide minimum standards of education and practice for naturopathy and herbal medicine. A Steering Committee has been set up to establish a Board during 2010. The Board will develop this independent register which aims to mirror government requirements for the regulation of health practitioners.
Nominations are currently being sought for practitioner and community members of the National Board of the Australian Register of Naturopaths and Herbalists. Nominations close at close of business March 26 2010.
Nomination and Selection Criteria
Information on the role and eligibility requirements for Board positions maybe found in the Board Selection Criteria document.
>> Download PDF version of 'Board Selection Criteria and Nomination Information' (377kB)'
Nomination and Expression of Interest Forms
You may either nominate another person or nominate yourself for a position on the Australian Register of Naturopaths and Herbalists Board. Please fill out the appropriate form (available below in .doc format). Be sure to read the Selection Criteria before finalising your application.
- If you would like to nominate someone other than yourself who is a naturopath or herbalist for a practitioner Board position, please use Form 1
- If you would like to nominate someone other than yourself who is not a naturopath or herbalist for a community Board position, please use Form 2
- If you are a naturopath or herbalist and would like to nominate yourself for a practitioner Board position, please use Form 3
- If you are not a naturopath or herbalist and would like to nominate yourself for a community member Board position, please use Form 4
Background
Other health professions in Australia are currently undergoing a national registration process, details of which can be found at the National Health Workforce Taskforce website. Naturopaths and herbalists are not part of this process despite a strong recommendation by the seminal review on the issue initiated by the Victorian government (Lin et al 2005). The proposed independent register is expected to mirror the national regulation process and afford the public a similar level of protection regarding professional standards of practitioners and complaint handling processes.Currently no fixed standards, policies or procedures have been developed by ARONAH and we wish to seek your input on these issues.
Should statutory regulation of naturopaths and herbalists be enacted it is expected the ARONAH register will be subsumed by this body.
Comments and submissions are invited from all industry stakeholders on the proposed register.
Submissions may contain recommendations for the proposed register or Board, registration standards or may highlight stakeholder concerns that need to be addressed. The purpose of this process is to facilitate consultation with stakeholders and therefore no formal guidelines will be imposed and submissions of any length, style and on any issue of relevance to the proposed register will be considered.
Document Links
Links to documents outlining the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme and the original Victorian government report can be found below and may be helpful in the preparation of a submission document
>> Download PDF version of 'Exposure Draft of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme Legislation (2.8MB)'
>> Download PDF version of 'Lin et al 2005 - The Practice and Regulatory Requirements of Naturopathy and Western Herbal Medicine (6.06MB)'
Sending Submissions
Please send hard copy submissions to:
- Australian Register of of Naturopaths and Herbalists
- PO Box 157
- LISMORE NSW 2480
Or please email completed forms to: