Healthcare Forms

ACAT (Aged Care Assessment Team — known as ACAS in Victoria) is the comprehensive face-to-face assessment that opens...

RAS does the simpler in-home assessment for people who only need entry-level help — Commonwealth Home Support Programme...

After ACAT assesses you, My Aged Care sends a letter listing the services you have been approved for (e.g. "Approved...

If your needs go up — after a hospital stay, fall, dementia diagnosis or your carer becomes unwell — you can ask for a...

Once your specialist college grants Fellowship (FRACGP, FRACP, FRACS, FRANZCOG, FRANZCO, FRANZCP, FRANZCR, FANZCA,...

IMGs who already hold a recognised specialist qualification overseas (e.g. consultant cardiologist, surgeon, GP) can...

The AMC Computer-Adaptive Test Multi-Choice Question (AMC CAT MCQ) is the first formal hurdle in the AMC Standard...

The AMC Clinical Examination is the second and final examination in the AMC Standard Pathway. 16 assessed OSCE-style...

A NSW Advance Care Directive lets you record the medical treatment you would or would not want if you lose the capacity...

Victoria has the strongest ACD legislation in Australia (Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016). You can...

A Queensland Advance Health Directive (AHD) is a legal document under the Powers of Attorney Act 1998 (Qld). It records...

South Australia has a single combined Advance Care Directive form under the Advance Care Directives Act 2013 (SA). It...

A WA Advance Health Directive is a legal document under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 (WA) that records...

Tasmania does not have stand-alone advance care directive legislation — your directive is recognised at common law and...

In the ACT, your advance care wishes are recorded in a Health Direction under the Medical Treatment (Health Directions)...

In the Northern Territory, your advance care wishes are recorded in an Advance Personal Plan under the Advance Personal...

The federal regulator for all Commonwealth-funded aged care: residential care, Home Care Packages, CHSP, Short-Term...

OPAN is the national network of nine state and territory advocacy organisations giving free, independent and...

ACVVS (formerly Community Visitors Scheme) matches volunteer visitors with older Australians who feel socially...

Before entering aged care, most older Australians appoint an Enduring Power of Attorney (financial) and a substitute...

CHSP is the entry-level federal aged-care service for older people who only need a few hours of help a week — cleaning,...

CHSP is mostly federally funded but providers ask clients for a small contribution per service. The CHSP National...

PACFA is one of the two main self-regulating bodies for counsellors and psychotherapists in Australia (the other is...

The Australian Counselling Association is the largest self-regulating peak body for counsellors and psychotherapists...

Dental Hygienist is one of four divisions on the Dental Board's register and is distinct from Dental Therapist and the...

Dental Therapist is a separate division on the Dental Board register — therapists examine, perform restorations, take...

Oral Health Therapist (OHT) is the contemporary combined division covering the scope of both Dental Hygienist and...

Dental Prosthetist is the lab-based auxiliary division — prosthetists fit and supply removable dentures (full and...

All registered dental practitioners must complete and declare Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at annual...

All AHPRA-registered dental practitioners must notify AHPRA within 30 days of any change to their principal place of...

Dental practitioners with conditions, undertakings or notations on their registration (imposed by the Dental Board, a...

National general registration as a Dentist with the Dental Board of Australia. Required before you can use the...

Limited registration (Postgraduate Training or Supervised Practice) is granted to dentists who do not meet the...

Limited registration (Teaching or Research) is granted to dentists — typically internationally recognised academics or...

Limited registration (Public Interest) is a narrow category granted by the Dental Board where it considers that...

The Initial Assessment is the first stage of the Australian Dental Council assessment pathway for overseas-qualified...

The ADC Written Examination is the second stage of the overseas-qualified dental practitioner assessment process. It...

The ADC Practical Examination is the final stage of the overseas-qualified dental practitioner assessment pathway. Held...

AHPRA's overall pathway page for international dental practitioners — sets out the registration options for...

The RACDS Primary Examination is the entry-level College examination assessing basic biomedical sciences (anatomy,...

The RACDS Final Examination — leading to Membership (MRACDS, General Stream) or Fellowship (FRACDS-OMS, Oral &...

Specialist registration in Orthodontics is one of 13 dental specialities approved by the Ministerial Council and listed...

Specialist registration in Periodontics — the speciality concerned with the supporting tissues of teeth (gums,...

Specialist registration in Endodontics — root canal therapy and management of dental pulp pathology. Title "specialist...

Specialist registration in Prosthodontics — the restoration and replacement of teeth (crowns, bridges, implants, full...

Specialist registration as an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon — the speciality covering surgery of the mouth, jaws, face...

Specialist registration in Paediatric Dentistry — comprehensive oral health care for infants, children, adolescents and...

Specialist registration in Oral Medicine — diagnosis and non-surgical management of oral mucosal disease, orofacial...

Specialist registration in Oral Pathology — the laboratory-based speciality concerned with the histopathological...

Specialist registration in Dental Public Health (also called Public Health Dentistry) — the speciality concerned with...

Specialist registration in Special Needs Dentistry — care of adult patients whose oral health is compromised by...

Specialist registration in Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology — the speciality concerned with radiographic and advanced...

Specialist registration in Forensic Odontology — application of dental science to the legal system: identification of...

There are four levels of Home Care Package: Level 1 (basic, around $10k/yr), Level 2 ($18k/yr), Level 3 ($40k/yr) and...

The Home Care Agreement is the contract between you and your provider. It sets out the care plan, fees, package...

If you have above-pension income (about $32k/yr single in 2025-26), you may have to pay an income-tested fee on top of...

Since 1 January 2023, providers must give you a clear monthly statement showing daily subsidy received, every fee...

The NSW HCCC handles complaints about any health service provider in NSW — public hospitals, private hospitals, GPs,...

The Victorian Health Complaints Commissioner handles complaints about any health service in Victoria under the Health...

The QLD OHO is the single entry point for all health complaints in Queensland under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013...

The SA HCSCC handles complaints about health services and community services (including disability and aged care) in...

HaDSCO handles complaints about health, disability and mental health services in WA under the Health and Disability...

The Tasmanian Health Complaints Commissioner sits within the Tasmanian Ombudsman's office and handles complaints about...

In the ACT the Health Services Commissioner is part of the ACT Human Rights Commission and handles complaints about all...

The NT HCSCC handles complaints about health, aged care, disability and community services in the Northern Territory...

Medical oxygen, medical air, medical nitrous oxide and Entonox (50/50 N2O / O2) are Schedule 4 prescription medicines...

Medical nitrous oxide (Entonox / 50/50) is a Schedule 4 prescription medicine. Administering it for clinical analgesia...

Long-term home oxygen therapy (LTOT) for COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, severe heart failure follows a multi-step...

EnableNSW funds long-term home respiratory equipment for eligible NSW residents — oxygen concentrators, portable...

VAEP funds aids and equipment for Victorians with permanent or long-term disability — including home oxygen...

Hospital piped medical gas systems (oxygen, medical air, N2O, surgical air, medical vacuum) must be designed, installed...

Hospitals storing bulk medical gases (oxygen tank, manifold cylinders, N2O cylinders) need pharmaceutical services...

5-year (minimum) FTE FACEM training program leading to Fellowship of ACEM — the only path to specialist Emergency...

3-year (minimum) FTE training program through the AFPHM (a Faculty of the RACP) leading to Fellowship of AFPHM (FAFPHM)...

5-year FTE Vocational Training Program in Anaesthesia leading to Fellowship of ANZCA (FANZCA). Covers all anaesthesia...

2-year FTE Pain Medicine training program through the Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) of ANZCA. Multidisciplinary entry...

The Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program is the main government-funded pathway to Fellowship of the...

The Specialist Pathway (formerly Practice Experience Pathway — Specialist Stream) is for international medical...

The Practice Experience Pathway (PEP) Standard Stream lets non-vocationally-registered (non-VR) doctors who have been...

RACP Basic Training is the 3-year hospital training stage that leads into Advanced Training in a chosen physician...

After completing Basic Training and the DWE/DCE, you apply for 3 years of Advanced Training in Cardiology. You complete...

3-year Advanced Training pathway in Endocrinology covering diabetes, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, calcium/bone and...

3-year Advanced Training program in gastroenterology and hepatology, including supervised endoscopy / colonoscopy...

3-year RACP Advanced Training program in Geriatric Medicine covering acute geriatrics, rehabilitation, community /...

3-year (often combined with microbiology to make 5 years) RACP Advanced Training in Infectious Diseases covering...

3-year RACP Advanced Training in Medical Oncology — chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, palliative oncology...

3-year RACP Advanced Training in Nephrology covering acute and chronic kidney disease, dialysis (haemo and peritoneal),...

3-year RACP Advanced Training in Neurology covering stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, movement disorders,...

3-year RACP Advanced Training in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine covering general respiratory, lung function,...

3-year RACP Advanced Training in Rheumatology covering inflammatory arthritis, connective tissue disease, vasculitis,...

After Basic Training in Paediatrics & Child Health, the RACP offers Advanced Training in general paediatrics or...

3-year FTE Advanced Training in Palliative Medicine through the AChPM (a chapter of RACP). Open to physicians, GPs,...

Selection into RACS SET (Surgical Education and Training) is the gateway to becoming a surgeon in Australia / New...

The AOA-accredited SET program in Orthopaedic Surgery runs 5 years FTE under the Australian Orthopaedic Association....

5-year SET program in Vascular Surgery accredited by ANZSVS — covers open arterial, endovascular, venous and trauma...

6-year SET program in Cardiothoracic Surgery — among the longest and most operatively intensive RACS programs. Covers...

NSA-accredited SET program in Neurosurgery. 6 years FTE covering cranial, spinal, paediatric and skull-base...

5-year RACS General Surgery SET program covering colorectal, upper GI, breast & endocrine, hepatobiliary, trauma and...

5-year RACS Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery SET program (administered with ASPS) — covers reconstructive (cancer,...

6-year RACS Paediatric Surgery SET program (administered with ANZAPS) — covers neonatal, general paediatric, paediatric...

5-year RACS SET program in Urology administered by USANZ. Covers endourology, reconstructive urology, uro-oncology,...

5-year RACS SET program in Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (ENT) administered by ASOHNS. Covers otology, rhinology,...

The RANZCO Vocational Training Program (VTP) is the path to becoming an ophthalmologist in Australia / New Zealand. 5...

The FRANZCOG training program is the only pathway to specialist qualification in obstetrics and gynaecology in...

5-year (60 months FTE) postgraduate training program leading to FRANZCP — Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New...

5-year FTE Clinical Radiology training program leading to FRANZCR (Clinical Radiology). Covers all imaging modalities —...

5-year FTE Radiation Oncology training program through the RANZCR Faculty of Radiation Oncology. Leads to FRANZCR...

5-year FTE Anatomical Pathology training program leading to Fellowship of RCPA (FRCPA) in Anatomical Pathology. Covers...

5-year FTE Chemical Pathology training program leading to FRCPA (Chemical Pathology). Covers clinical biochemistry,...

5-year FTE joint RCPA/RACP Haematology training program. Trainees gain dual Fellowship — FRCPA (Haematology) and FRACP...

5-year FTE Microbiology training program (often combined with RACP Infectious Diseases as a 5-year joint program for...

A NSW Schedule 1 Mental Health Certificate is the document a doctor or accredited person uses to authorise the...

Under the Victorian Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 a registered medical practitioner or mental health...

A Queensland Recommendation for Assessment (Form 1) under the Mental Health Act 2016 (Qld) authorises a person to be...

South Australia uses tiered involuntary orders under the Mental Health Act 2009 (SA). A Level 1 Inpatient Treatment...

A WA Form 1A under the Mental Health Act 2014 (WA) is a Referral for Examination by Psychiatrist — the entry point to...

A Tasmanian Initial Assessment Order under section 23 of the Mental Health Act 2013 (Tas) authorises the involuntary...

In the ACT, involuntary assessment and treatment is done through Mental Health Orders made by the ACT Civil and...

A NT Recommendation for Assessment under section 31 of the Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 (NT) authorises...

The Credentialed Mental Health Nurse (CMHN) credential is awarded by ACMHN to registered nurses with specialist mental...

Allied health professionals (psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, mental health nurses, ACA Level 4...

My Aged Care is the single national front door for federally funded aged care in Australia. Before you can get a Home...

Carer Gateway is the federal one-stop shop for unpaid family and friend carers, including people caring for an older...

Once you have an ACAT or RAS approval letter you choose your own provider — government does not assign you to one. The...

Your My Aged Care record is shared between assessors, your GP and your providers. If your address, phone, GP, emergency...

From August 2023, NSW restricted the retail sale of nitrous oxide (cream chargers / "nangs") under the Drug Misuse and...

Victoria classifies nitrous oxide as a Schedule 6 poison for retail purposes. Retail sale of cream chargers / "nangs"...

Queensland and South Australia prohibit retail supply of nitrous oxide where the supplier knows or ought reasonably to...

The Australian Organ Donor Register is the only national register that records your decision to donate organs and...

Discharge Against Medical Advice (DAMA) is your right as a competent adult to leave hospital even if doctors recommend...

A NSW Enduring Guardian is the person you appoint to make personal, lifestyle and medical decisions for you if you lose...

In Victoria the Medical Treatment Decision Maker (MTDM) is the person who makes medical treatment decisions for you if...

My Health Record is the national digital health record. Most Australians had a record automatically created in 2018...

Medicare Form 1490 is the Medicare claim form used to claim a Medicare benefit for medical services not bulk-billed by...

You have a right under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and state Health Records Acts (NSW, VIC, ACT) to access, copy and...

The Age Pension is the main income for most retirees. Eligibility starts at age 67 (born 1957 or later) and is...

The Home Equity Access Scheme (HEAS) is a federal reverse-mortgage-style loan against the family home for older...

Two separate Centrelink payments for unpaid family carers. Carer Payment is income-tested and pays around the Age...

CSHC is for self-funded retirees over Age Pension age who are not eligible for the pension. Income test only (no asset...

You must be registered with AHPRA as a pharmacist before you can practise or use the protected title "pharmacist"...

Provisional (intern) registration is mandatory before you can begin the supervised intern year that follows your...

Limited registration is granted for a defined purpose — postgraduate training, teaching/research, or public interest...

Registered pharmacists must notify AHPRA within 30 days of any change to principal place of practice, contact address,...

Overseas-trained pharmacists must have their qualifications assessed by the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) before...

KAPS is the written exam overseas-trained pharmacists from Stream B countries must pass before they can be assessed as...

Before sitting the Intern Written Examination, every intern (Australian-trained or overseas via KAPS / accredited...

NSW prescribers and pharmacists who supply Schedule 8 medicines (eg. methadone, buprenorphine, dexamphetamine,...

Victorian medical practitioners must hold a Schedule 8 Treatment Permit under the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled...

Queensland health practitioners need an approval under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 to prescribe or supply S8...

Each state has a separate Pharmacy Council or Pharmacy Authority that approves pharmacy premises and the pharmacist...

Endorsement as a clinical psychologist allows use of the protected area-of-practice title and access to Better Access...

Endorsement in forensic psychology allows use of the protected area-of-practice title and signals expertise in court...

Endorsement in clinical neuropsychology enables use of the protected title and recognises expertise in brain-behaviour...

Endorsement in counselling psychology allows use of the protected area-of-practice title and recognises expertise in...

Endorsement in educational and developmental psychology recognises expertise across the lifespan — assessment of...

Endorsement in health psychology recognises expertise in the psychological dimensions of physical health — pain,...

Endorsement in organisational psychology recognises expertise in workplace assessment, leadership development,...

Endorsement in sport and exercise psychology recognises expertise in performance enhancement, exercise adherence,...

Endorsement in community psychology recognises expertise in social systems, community development, cultural competence...

General registration as a psychologist is mandatory before using the protected title "psychologist" anywhere in...

Once ACAT approves you for permanent residential care, you (or your family) apply directly to one or more aged-care...

Before entering permanent residential care, complete SA485 so Services Australia can work out your means-tested care...

A RAD is a lump-sum, fully-refundable interest-free deposit paid to the aged-care home for your room — typically...

A DAP is the rent-style alternative to a RAD — instead of a lump sum, you pay a daily fee calculated by applying the...

SA457 is the asset-only version of the means assessment — used when you are claiming low-means resident status (your...

Two separate but linked contracts when entering residential aged care. The Resident Agreement covers care, services and...

If paying aged-care fees would leave you with insufficient money for personal essentials (medication, clothes,...

Under the NSW Retirement Villages Act 1999, before you sign a contract the operator must give you a written Disclosure...

Under the Victorian Retirement Villages Act 1986, operators must give residents a Disclosure Statement (Form 2) at...

Queensland's Retirement Villages Act 1999 requires operators to provide a Public Information Document (PIDS) at the...

South Australia's Retirement Villages Act 2016 (commenced 2017) requires a Disclosure Statement at least 10 business...

WA's Retirement Villages Act 1992 + Code of Fair Practice for Retirement Villages 2015 require operators to give a...

Tasmania's Retirement Villages Act 2004 requires operators to give a Disclosure Document at least 14 days before...

ACT's Retirement Villages Act 2012 requires operators to give a Public Information Document at the first enquiry and a...

NT's Retirement Villages Act 1995 requires registered villages to give a Disclosure Statement at least 14 days before...

You cannot practise veterinary science in NSW without registration with the Veterinary Practitioners Board of NSW under...

Mandatory registration with VPRB Vic to practise veterinary science in Victoria under the Veterinary Practice Act 1997....

Registration with the Veterinary Surgeons Board of Queensland is mandatory under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936...

Mandatory registration with the South Australian Veterinary Surgeons Board under the Veterinary Practice Act 2003 (SA)...

Mandatory registration with the Veterinary Practice Board of WA under the Veterinary Practice Act 2021 (WA) before...

Registration with the Veterinary Board of Tasmania is required under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1987 (Tas) before...

Registration with the ACT Veterinary Practitioners Board is required under the Veterinary Practice Act 2018 (ACT)...

Registration with the Veterinary Board of the Northern Territory is required under the Veterinarians Act 1994 (NT)...

Overseas-trained vets whose degree is not AVBC-recognised must pass the three-step Australasian Veterinary Examination...

Membership of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (MANZCVS) is the entry-level postgraduate...

Victoria was the first Australian state to legalise voluntary assisted dying (Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017). The...

WA legalised voluntary assisted dying under the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019 (WA), commencing July 2021. Eligible...

Tasmania legalised voluntary assisted dying under the End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021 (Tas),...

Queensland legalised voluntary assisted dying under the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021 (Qld), commencing 1 January...

SA legalised voluntary assisted dying under the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021 (SA), commencing 31 January 2023....

NSW legalised voluntary assisted dying under the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022 (NSW), commencing 28 November 2023 —...

The ACT legalised voluntary assisted dying under the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024 (ACT), with the scheme...