Australian Medical Council

The Australian Medical Council (AMC) is the Australian national standards advisory body for medical education and training.

Its mission statement is:
 * "To promote and protect public health and safety by ensuring a safe and competent workforce distributed across Australia to meet community needs."

Within Australia it:
 * Accredits Australian and New Zealand medical schools and medical courses
 * Accredits Australian/Australasian programs of specialist medical training
 * Advises on the recognition of medical specialties and sub-specialties
 * Assesses overseas trained medical doctors who wish to practise medicine in Australia
 * Advises State and Territory Medical Boards on uniform approaches to the registration of medical practitioners and maintains a national network of State and Territory medical registers
 * Advises the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council on the registration of doctors