HomeNational Registration National Registration   The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has agreed to the introduction of a single national registration and accreditation scheme for health professionals by 1 July 2010.  Each of the states and the two mainland self-governing territories of Australia will repeal their existing registration legislation. This will have the effect of abolishing the current state and territory based registration boards.       or   Further information is available on the website of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.         the website of Health Workforce Australia. APPOINTMENT OF NATIONAL BOARD OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY The National Board of Nursing and Midwifery is one of 10 Boards for health professions that will be responsible for the national registration of health professionals in Australia.  A further three Boards will be appointed in 2012.  National registration will mean that nurses and midwives will only need to hold one licence to practise in order to work as a nurse or midwife in any State or Territory of Australia.  Mutual Recognition arrangements will still apply for nurses and midwives who wish to be employed in New Zealand. A full list of all the Boards may be found on the AHPRA website, using the link on this page.