Policies

The College has developed a large range of Policies in relation to the operation of the College and also on professional pathology practice issues. Please click below for College policies.

• Affiliate Membership
• Assessment of Qualifications for APP
• Assessment of Overseas Trained Doctors and Overseas Trained Specialists in Australia and New Zealand 
• Automated & Semi-Automated Cervical Screen Devices
• Autopsies and the Use of Tissues Removed from Autopsies
• Award of FRCPA to overseas trained specilaists via peer review pathway
• Candidates in Countries without College Representation
• Cervical Screening
• Clinical handover and after hours pathology result
• Complaints Handling
• Complaints in Relation to Examinations
• Consistency of language in FNA reports
• Continuing Professional Development Program
• Cytology Examinations and Screeners
• Discrimination and Harassment
• Educational Materials on the College Website
• Endorsement of external formal educational programs
• Ethical Responsibility of Pathologists in relation to test utility
• Examination Candidates in Need of Consideration
• Examination of Non Gynaecological Cytology
• Examination Results
• Examination Venues
• Examinations for Overseas Trained Specialists incorporating timing of Part II examinations
• Fees Associated with Failure to Attend, Withdrawal, etc
• Fees for Training and Examination for Fellowship and Fellowship of Faculty of Oral Pathology
• Funding of Education Activities at the College
• Interrupted and part-time training
• Items and services Pathologists may provide in the collection of pathology samples
• Laboratory Accreditation Training Programs
• Limitation of Exam Attempts
• NATA requirement for external QAP enrolment
• Nominations of Pathologists for Expert Panels
• Occupational Training in Australia
• Patient Consent for Observational Research
• Pathology Test Requesting by Nurse Practitioners
• Plagiarism and Cheating in Exams
• Provision of Second and Subsequent Opinions
• Repeat Examinations
• Retraining
• Selection of Examiners for the College
• Supervision of Training
• Surgical Specimen Cut Up
• Synoptic Reports for Major Tumour Types
• Trainees Undertaking Research
• Training Determinations, Examination Exemptions
• Training in an Unpaid Position
• Training Limitation
• Use of RCPA Crest and Logo
• Vertical Integration
• Veterinary Pathology Specimens in Australia
• Viva Exams

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Guidelines for the selection of pathology tests and to facilitate interpretation of results