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Provider registration cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Set Specification
METEOR identifier:Help on this term524039
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
DSS type:Help on this termData Element Cluster
Scope:Help on this term

The Provider registration cluster includes data elements that define information on the registration of individual service providers.

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) for health practitioners regulates the following professions: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practice; Chinese medicine; chiropractic; dental practice; medicine; medical radiation practice; nursing and midwifery; occupational therapy; optometry; osteopathy; pharmacy; physiotherapy; podiatry and psychology.

Each profession has a National Board which regulates the profession, registers practitioners and develops standards, codes and guidelines for the profession.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Reference documents:Help on this term

Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
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Healthcare provider qualification and registration clusterHealth, Standard 05/10/2016

Metadata items in this Data Set SpecificationHelp on this term

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Seq No.Help on this termMetadata itemHelp on this termObligationHelp on this termMax occursHelp on this term
1Individual service provider—provider registration sequence number, identifier NNNMandatory1
2Individual service provider—registration division, code (ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.2) N[NNN]{NN}Mandatory1
3Individual service provider—registration type, code NOptional1
4Individual service provider—registration subtype, code NN

Conditional obligation:

To be used when Individual service provider—registration type, code N, equals 1 or 3

Conditional1
5Individual service provider—registration status, code NMandatory1
6Individual service provider—current registration substatus, code N

Conditional obligation:

To be used when Individual service provider—registration status, code N equals 1.

Conditional1
7Individual service provider—registration start date, DDMMYYYYMandatory1
8Individual service provider—registration end date, DDMMYYYYOptional1
9Individual service provider—specialty name, code (ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.2) N[NNN]{NN}

Conditional obligation:

Is conditional on the individual service provider having a recognised specialty.

DSS specific information:

Can be left blank if no specialty exists.

Conditional1
10Individual service provider—field of specialty practice, code (ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.2) N[NNN]{NN}

Conditional obligation:

To be completed where the Individual service provider—specialty name, code (ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.2) N[NNN]{NN} is not blank.

Conditional1
11Date—accuracy indicator, code AAAMandatory2
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