<P> The required hours of experience in a leading practice, which is 3 years full - time within the space of the last 6 years </P> <P> A Masters degree which is from an approved provided </P> <P> As of 1 July 2010, nurses are regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, an agency under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme . The practice of nursing was previously governed by state and territorial nursing regulation authorities . The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) was established in 1992 and works with these authorities to facilitate a national approach to nursing and midwifery regulation . Which has now been superseded by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). </P> <P> Nurses fall into the following major categories: </P>

National registration for all nurses and midwives in australia was introduced in