Decision on Recognition of Medical Specialties
The Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Tony Abbott MHR, has decided that a case has been made for recognising the discipline of Sport and Exercise Medicine as a medical specialty. This follows advice on the matter from the AMC. This completes Stage 1 of the AMC recognition process.
This decision does not automatically lead to the inclusion of the specialty on Schedule 4 of the Health Insurance Regulations 1975, which would grant patients access to rebates through Medicare Australia.
Applications for accreditation of specialist level training and education programs in this discipline may now be considered by the AMC. This is Stage 2 of the recognition process. It is important to note that such applications are not restricted to Stage 1 applicants. Any organisation believing that it might comply with AMC standards for the provision of training in these disciplines may apply.
This is an edited version. See the full report on the AMC website