Nurses could supervise returning doctors under AHPRA revamp
The regulator is considering loosening the supervision rules, particularly in rural settings
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Doctors returning to practice after an absence could be supervised by non-doctors under proposed new rules from AHPRA.
Draft new rules published last month said supervisors should usually be from the same profession but there could be “exceptional circumstances” — such as when doctors were in rural or remote areas.