Registration and Notification Committee

The Registration and Notification Committee undertakes the following functions as a committee of the Board:

  • make decisions under the delegated authority from the Board
  • liaise with the State and Territory officers of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    (AHPRA) on all related issues
  • work with AHPRA to review and ensure relevance of the delegations and
  • make recommendations to the Board on issues that may be outside its delegated authority.

The Committee meets monthly via teleconference.

Optometry Registration and Notification Committee Terms of Reference (344 KB,PDF)

 

Membership


The Regsitration and Notification Committee is made up of 3 National Board members and 2 practitioner members from each state and territory. Each matter that comes before the Committee is considered by the National Board members and the members from the jurisdiction in which the matter is being considered. 

Mr Colin Waldron

National Board practitioner member (Chair) 

Ms Peta Frampton

National Board community member

Mr John Davis 

National Board practitioner member

Dr Mark Feltham

Practitioner member ACT

Ms Joanne Thomas BOptom(Hons)

Practitioner member ACT

Dr Phillip Anderton

Practitioner member NSW

Assoc Prof David Pye

Practitioner member NSW

Mr Alan Lance Chin Quan

Practitioner member NT

Ms Stephanie Bayler

Practitioner member NT

Mrs Nancy Atkinson

Practitioner member Qld

Dr Ann Webber

Practitioner member Qld

Mr Michael Burnside

Practitioner member SA

Mr David Welch

Practitioner member SA

Mr John Kingshott

Practitioner member TAS

Ms Susan Sluce

Practitioner member TAS

Mr Mitchell Anjou

Practitioner member VIC

Mr Greg Strachan 

Practitioner member VIC

Ms Lisa Jansen

Practitioner member WA

Mr Stephen Leslie 

Practitioner member WA