Accreditation fee information

Accreditation

Education providers pay two types of accreditation fees - accreditation assessment fees and annual accreditation fees.

The Accreditation Committee sets these fees on a cost recovery basis. 'Cost recovery basis' refers to recovery of some of the costs to deliver the accreditation function including the cost of the Accreditation Committee’s ongoing operations (direct costs and Ahpra support) as well as the direct costs associated with accreditation assessments and standard annual monitoring activities. The fees are reviewed on a regular basis and may change from time to time.

Current fee schedule

The tables below provide information about the current accreditation fees for podiatry.

Accreditation assessment fee

Podiatry accreditation assessment fee (GST-free) type	2022 fee	2023 fee	2024 fee
Bachelor (entry level) podiatry programs	$20,000	$20,000	$20,000
Podiatric surgery programs	$20,000	$20,000	$20,000
Programs for registered podiatrists and podiatric surgeons to qualify for ESM through PodBA Pathway A or Podiatric therapeutics programs for registered podiatrists and podiatric surgeons to qualify for PodBA Pathway B to ESM	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000

Podiatry accreditation assessment fee (GST-free) type

2022 fee

2023 fee

2024 fee

Bachelor (entry level) podiatry programs

$20,000

Podiatric surgery programs

$20,000

Programs for registered podiatrists and podiatric surgeons to qualify for ESM through PodBA Pathway A or

Podiatric therapeutics programs for registered podiatrists and podiatric surgeons to qualify for PodBA Pathway B to ESM

$5,000

Annual accreditation fee

The annual accreditation fee helps to support the work of the Committee to ensure it continues to be satisfied that each approved program and provider meet the accreditation standards. This work is required under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law as in force in each state and territory (National Law). The fee does not include the cost of any site visits or a detailed accreditation assessment. Additional fees will apply if the Committee decides that, in light of the circumstances of a particular program and/or provider, it requires a site visit or detailed accreditation assessment.

Podiatry annual accreditation fee (GST-free) type	2021 fee	2022 fee	2023 fee	2024 fee
Annual fee for Bachelor (entry level) podiatry program	$4,000	$6,000	$6,000	$6,000
Annual fee for Podiatric surgery programs	$2,000	$3,000	$3,000	$3,000
Annual fee for each program in teach-out	$0	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000
Annual fee for podiatric therapeutics programs for registered podiatrists	$0	$0	$0	$0
Monitoring visit	Available on request	Available on request	Available on request	Available on request

Approach to accreditation fees

In late 2020 the Committee considered its approach to podiatry programs of study for 2021 and beyond.

In December 2020 and January 2021, the Committee sought feedback from education providers on a proposed approach to accreditation fees for the period of 2021-2024. Following the consultation period, the proposal was submitted to the Podiatry Board of Australia (the National Board) for approval.

The schedule of podiatry accreditation fees 2021-2024 was approved by the National Board in May 2021.