Paramedics meet 9 out of 13 risk factors identified by the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) that indicate a health profession should require registration. The document argues that because paramedics pose various risks to the public according to the AHMAC guidelines, it is in the public interest for paramedics to be registered under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency framework like other health professions.

1. Why practice risks warrant
Paramedic registration
under the AHPRA* framework
* AHPRA – Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
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2. It’s really very simple!
It’s all about public risk

3. Health professions pose various risks

4. Look at the AHMAC list of practice risks
UNREGISTERED UNREGISTERED UNREGISTERED
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5. Compare the Paramedic practice risks
Paramedics meet 9/13 AHMAC risk factors
UNREGISTERED UNREGISTERED UNREGISTERED
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6. In the public interest …
It’s time that unregistered
status changed !