How will compliance be monitored?
In two ways. There will be a requirement for a statutory declaration at the time of renewal of your practice certificate, this will be supplemented by audits. In the first year of compliance, from July 2009, a paper audit for the CPD period 1 April 2007 - 31 March 2009 will be undertaken of all practices in the State. That means that at least one practitioner from each practice will be audited by requiring the filing of a form setting out in detail the CPD they have attended and this will be crosschecked with the records provided by QA Providers. About 650 people will be audited in the first year.
Audits will also be conducted for QA Providers and there will be a review at the time for renewal of QA Provider status.