Professional
Standards Schemes
- Find out what Professional Standards Schemes are, how they work, whether your professional association is eligible for one, and how to apply.
- Professional Standards Schemes
  
  Current Professional Standards Schemes
  
  Expired Professional Standards Schemes
  
  What are professional standards schemes?
  
  Scheme benefits
  
  How we monitor schemes
Advice for scheme
associations
- Information to help associations recognised with a Professional Standards Scheme and their members meet their legislative obligations and improve their professional standards.
- Advice for Scheme Associations
  
  Improvement Program
  
  Annual reporting
  
  Our reporting cycle
  
  Resource centre
- Professional Standards Scheme fees
  
  Disclosing your limited liability
  
  Promoting your Professional Standards Scheme
Scheme Application
Framework
Research Library
Modern Professionalism
- Find out the range of evidence-based resources on modern professionalism that are available to assist your association to improve professional standards.
- Research Library
  
  Professions
  
  Ethics and conduct
  
  Regulation and governance
  
  Qualifications
- Risk
  
  Certifications
  
  Ongoing education
  
  Professional Standards Research
news and
publications
- Notifications of new Professional Standards Schemes, annual reports and the latest news from the Professional Standards Council and our agency.
- News & Publications
  
  Latest News
  
  Presentations
  
  Forums
- Publications and submissions
  
  Annual reports
  
  Scheme Notifications
Consumer
information
- Find out what Professional Standards Schemes are, how they work, and how they protect you – the consumer – when you use professional services.
- Consumer Information
  
  What is a professional standards scheme?
  
  How Professional Standards Schemes protect you
- Limited liability explained
  
  Why use a professional covered by a scheme?
  
  Have your say

News and publications

In this section of our website, you’ll find the latest news and information about the Professional Standards Councils, the Professional Standards Authority, and the work we do to help occupational associations improve professional standards and increase consumer protection.

This includes:

Our latest news
Presentations and videos
Professional Standards Forum resources
Publications including books and submissions
Annual reports
New Professional Standards Schemes open for public comment.