14 January 2026

At the meeting of 2 December 2025 the RMA:

Determined Statements of Principles (SOPs) for:

Condition SOPs
animal envenomation 1/2026 2/2026
femoroacetabular impingement syndrome 3/2026 4/2026
smallpox 5/2026 6/2026
bruxism 7/2026 8/2026
hepatitis B infection 9/2026 10/2026
malignant neoplasm of the oesophagus 11/2026 12/2026
relapsing polychondritis 13/2026 14/2026

These SOPs revoke the SOPs previously determined for these conditions.

The above SOPs take effect from 19 January 2026.

Completed Investigations

The above determinations conclude the previously advertised investigations into:

New Investigations

Decided to advertise the following investigations:

  • myocarditis (Focused - Novavax (Nuvaxovid, NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine)
  • pericarditis (Focused - Novavax (Nuvaxovid, NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine)

The above investigation notices appear in the Government Notices Gazette of 18 December 2025.