Professional Healthcare Forms

Overseas-trained doctors, nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals apply for initial registration in Australia...

A statutory notification submitted by a medical practitioner, nurse practitioner, or diagnostic laboratory to their...

Make a formal notification about a registered health practitioner's conduct, health or performance.

National registration required to legally practise and use the protected title of Physiotherapist, Occupational...

National registration as a Physiotherapist under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law. Mandatory before...

Mandatory national registration to use the protected title "occupational therapist" and provide OT services in...

National registration to practise as a podiatrist in Australia, including optional endorsement for scheduled medicines...

Mandatory national registration to use the protected title "osteopath" and to provide osteopathic services in...

National registration for Chinese Medicine Practitioners across three divisions: Chinese herbal medicine practitioner,...

National registration to use the protected title "chiropractor" and practise in Australia. Includes general,...

National registration to practise optometry in Australia, including optional endorsement for scheduled medicines...

National registration as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner. Mandatory to use the protected...

National registration to use the protected title "paramedic" and practise paramedicine in Australia. Required for...

Registration in one or more divisions: Diagnostic Radiographer, Nuclear Medicine Technologist, or Radiation Therapist....

Self-regulated registration for naturopaths and Western herbalists with ARONAH (the profession's national register)....

Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) credential issued by Dietitians Australia. The de facto national standard for...

Certified Practising Speech Pathologist (CPSP) credential through Speech Pathology Australia. Self-regulated profession...

Accredited Audiologist credential through Audiology Australia (AudA). Self-regulated profession; required for Hearing...

Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP) credential through ESSA. Self-regulated; required for Medicare CDM items, DVA,...

Physiotherapists hold national registration through AHPRA. Apply at the end of your Bachelor / Doctor / Masters of...

Occupational Therapists hold national registration through AHPRA. Required before practising as an OT, including in...

Optometrists hold national registration through AHPRA. Apply at the end of an Optometry Council of Australia and New...

Chiropractors and Osteopaths each hold their own AHPRA registration. Required to use the protected titles and bill...

Chinese medicine practitioners (acupuncturists, Chinese herbal medicine practitioners, Chinese herbal dispensers) are...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners are registered nationally with AHPRA. The qualification is...

Paramedics have been part of the National Registration Scheme since 1 December 2018. All paramedics — state ambulance...

Podiatrists hold national registration through AHPRA. Required for the protected titles "Podiatrist" and "Podiatric...

Apply for an NDIS Worker Screening Check if you work or want to work with NDIS participants in risk-assessed roles —...

Apply to become a registered NDIS provider — required to deliver services to agency-managed participants and certain...

Entry-level qualification for aged care workers including personal care assistants in residential aged care and home...

Entry-level qualification for disability support workers delivering supports under the NDIS. Includes mandatory...

Advanced aged care qualification for team leaders, care coordinators and senior personal care workers. Often required...

Advanced qualification for experienced disability support workers progressing into team leader, behaviour support...

Mandatory clearance for any worker delivering NDIS supports in NSW in a risk-assessed role. Replaces the older...

Victoria's NDIS Worker Screening clearance, processed by Service Victoria with criminal history input from Victoria...

Free 90-minute interactive online learning module covering the NDIS Code of Conduct, participant rights and obligations...

Entry-level qualification for personal care workers in residential aged care, community care and home care. Includes...

CHC33015 is superseded — since 23 November 2022 the current qualification is CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual...

Mid-level disability qualification for workers leading service delivery, supervising junior staff or coordinating...

Senior personal care / team leader qualification for residential aged care, retirement villages and community programs....

Specialist qualification for people with lived experience of mental health recovery (consumer or carer stream) working...

Assistants in Nursing (AINs, also called Patient Care Attendants or Health Care Assistants) work in hospitals and aged...

CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support is the entry qualification for both NDIS disability support workers and...

Aged care workers (also called Personal Care Workers) in residential aged care and in-home care hold CHC33021...

Personal Care Assistants (PCAs) in home care, community care and Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) typically...

HLTAID011 Provide First Aid is the standard workplace first aid certificate — replaces the older HLTAID003. Required...

HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is the standalone CPR refresher — required annually for nurses,...

Registration in the Dental Hygienist division of the Dental Board of Australia. Required to use the protected title...

Registration in the Dental Therapist division (or Oral Health Therapist) under the Dental Board of Australia, allowing...

The Dental Board of Australia registers four divisions on the dental register: Dentist, Dental Hygienist, Dental...

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

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...

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 for postgraduate training or supervised practice is the pathway for appropriately qualified,...

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...

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 &...

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...

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...

Doctors are registered with the Medical Board through AHPRA. New graduates apply for "provisional registration" for...

Advanced cosmetic injectable certification (advanced filler, biostimulators such as poly-L-lactic acid Sculptra and...

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

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

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 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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

The Fellowship of ACRRM (FACRRM) is the specialist training program that qualifies a doctor as a Rural Generalist — a...

The RACGP Rural Generalist Fellowship is an additional qualification earned on top of standard GP Fellowship (FRACGP),...

Only AHPRA-registered medical practitioners, dentists, and registered/enrolled nurses (operating under appropriate...

National registration as an Enrolled Nurse, required to use the title and to practise. Covers identity, qualifications,...

National Division 1 Registered Nurse registration. Required before using the protected title "registered nurse" or...

You must be registered with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse before you can practise as an RN anywhere in Australia. Apply...

Every registered nurse and enrolled nurse in Australia renews registration once a year. The renewal window opens early...

Enrolled Nurses (ENs) are registered separately from Registered Nurses but on the same AHPRA register. You qualify with...

Nurse Practitioner is an endorsement on top of an existing RN registration. NPs can prescribe medicines, order...

Midwives are registered on the same AHPRA register as nurses but as a separate profession. You qualify with a Bachelor...

Endorsed Midwife (formerly "eligible midwife") gives you the authority to prescribe scheduled medicines, order...

Registered nurses (Division 1) may administer cosmetic injectables (botulinum toxin, dermal fillers, biostimulators)...

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...

National registration to practise as a pharmacist in Australia. Pathways include provisional registration (intern),...

Pharmacists hold national registration via AHPRA. New graduates do "provisional registration" for the intern year then...

Apply for a Medicare provider number (to bill Medicare/claim benefits at a practice location) and/or a PBS prescriber...

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...

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...

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

Licence issued by the NSW Ministry of Health to supply by wholesale Schedule 2, 3 or 4 substances (and, for Schedule 8,...

Wholesale supply of medicines in Queensland is regulated under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 (Qld), alongside...

Registration as a psychologist (general) and optional area-of-practice endorsement (Clinical, Counselling, Forensic,...

Psychologists are registered nationally through AHPRA. You first get "general registration" (after 6 years of training)...

PACFA is the major peak body for counsellors and psychotherapists in Australia (alongside ACA — entry below). PACFA...

ACA is the other major counsellor peak body alongside PACFA. ACA membership is recognised by most private health funds,...

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

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...

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...