Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery
 











 

In October 2008, The Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery (ACCS) lodged a submission with the Australian Medical Council (AMC) seeking to have Cosmetic Medical Practice recognised as a new medical specialty. This follows the College’s preliminary application which was given approval to proceed by the AMC in accordance with the Council’s guidelines pertaining to the Recognition of Medical Specialties: Policy and Process (2007).

This stage one part of the application is not to have the College or its training program assessed for accreditation. If a case is made for the specialty of Cosmetic Medical Practice to be recognised, then any organisation of doctors or training facility in the country, including the College, will be able to apply to have their training scheme, qualifications and accreditation processes assessed in stage two against the requirements of the specialty as set out by the AMC. 

Currently, in the absence of a recognised cosmetic medical specialty, there is no mechanism for this independent assessment by the AMC of any qualifications in cosmetic medicine and cosmetic surgery. The College believes that in this rapidly expanding area of medical practice, recognition of the specialty and the consequent ability of the authorities to assess cosmetic medical and surgical qualifications and training will better protect patients.

This application was prepared by the ACCS Cosmetic Medical Practice Specialty Recognition Working Group. The documents that comprise the ACCS submission to the AMC appear here in full and are available for viewing by all interested parties.

  











 
 
  Australasian College
of Cosmetic Surgery
  Physical Address


Suite 3, Level 4
Macquarie House
169 Macquarie Street
Parramatta NSW
Postal Address
PO Box 36
Parramatta NSW 2124









Telephone
1800 804 781













Tuesday 09 February, 2010  





  ACCS submission to AMC  
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1.26Mb Actual submission
 














  Appendices  
 
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254Kb Appendix 2 - ACCS Galaxy Survey Report



58Kb Appendix 3 - ACCS Advertising Code



100Kb Appendix 4 - Letter from AMA recognising Cosmetic Surgery



3.76Mb Appendix 5 - ACCS June 08 White Paper



581Kb Appendix 5(2) - ACCS March 08 White Paper



146Kb Appendix 6 - ACCS Qld Submission Teenage Cosmetic Surgery



129Kb Appendix 7 - Letter from Ron Patterson re MCNZ



26Kb Appendix 7(2) - Letter from Ron Patterson re MCNZ



111Kb Appendix 8 - Declaration of Tokyo



202Kb Appendix 9 - MIGA Cosmetic Claims Report 10 years to 2007



798Kb Appendix 9(2) - Claims information Avant



37Kb Appendix 9(3) - Cosmetic and Plastic suergy claims, Qnsld



27Kb Appendix 10 - Letter from Dr Richard Barnett



181Kb Appendix 11 - Emails between Dr Daniel Fleming and Dr Mark McGovern



113Kb Appendix 12 - Letter from Dr Randall Sach



331Kb Appendix 13 - ACCS - RACS Correspondence Oct 2005 - 15 June 2006



29Kb Appendix 14 - Letter from Drs Doyle and Hertess



329Kb Appendix 15 - Letter from Dr Darryl Hodgkinson and attachments



52Kb Appendix 16 - Private Hospital Magazine Article



24Kb Appendix 16(2) - RACS - Bartholomeuz Media Release



77Kb Appendix 17 - Letter from Logan Skin Clinic



106Kb Appendix 18 - Cosmetic surgery and patient safety relevant US studies



99Kb Appendix 19 - Letter from Dr Colin Moore and attachments



73Kb Appendix 20 - Sunshine Coast, Mark McGovern Media Release



31Kb Appendix 21 - Affidavit of Phillip Cleaton



82Kb Appendix 22 - Withheld



92Kb Appendix 23 - Letter from Dr Paul Rosenberg



45Kb Appendix 24 - Letter from Dr Mark Attalla



28Kb Appendix 25 - Letter from Russell Stitz



29Kb Appendix 26 - Letter from James Katsaros



77Kb Appendix 27 - Article regarding Liposuction Death of Lauren James



386Kb Appendix 28 - ACCS Office Bearers since inception



79Kb Appendix 29 - Doctors duel over accreditation for nips, tucks and lifts article



1.03Mb Appendix 30 - Letter of support from Dr Peter Vickers



88Kb Appendix 31 - Letter from Dr John McHugh in support of recognition



28Kb Appendix 32 - Letter from Dr Andrew Sutherland RACS



137Kb Appendix 33 - Bibliography of texts and journals



119Kb Appendix 34 - Letter from European Society of Aesthetic Surgery



371Kb Appendix 35 - ACCS Code of Practice







 
 
 
 

The Australian Medical Council is inviting organisations and individuals with an interest in the recognition of medical specialties to provide a written submission to be considered by the Council for advice to the Commonwealth Minister for Health and Ageing. For further information about the Australian Medical Council and the submission process including how to lodge a submission, please click here.

  
 
 
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