28 May 2021 A new question and new information have been added to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) annual registration renewal. The question - Do you perform exposure-prone procedures (EPPs)? - is to ensure that nurses, midwives and students of nursing and midwifery comply with the NMBA Guidelines: Registered health practitioners and students in relation to blood-borne viruses, which took effect in July 2020. The NMBA has also provided new information to assist nurses and midwives to answer this question: During your preceding period of registration, has your right to practise at a hospital or another facility at which health services are provided been withdrawn or restricted because of your conduct, professional performance or health? This question specifically relates to a small number of nurses and midwives who are given ‘rights’ to work at hospitals or other facilities, such as privately practising nurse practitioners or privately practising midwives who have admitting rights. Please view the attached Registration Renewal Fact Sheets: Exposure prone procedures Withdrawn or restricted right to practise
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