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If you hold provisional registration, you can apply for general registration online.
Medical interns can apply for general registration online four weeks prior to their anticipated internship completion date.
Medical practitioners who hold provisional registration via the standard or competent authority pathways can also apply for general registration online.
If you lodge your application before your current registration expiry date, your provisional registration will remain in effect until your general registration is finalised and confirmed via email to you.
If you hold provisional registration, you can apply online no more than four weeks before your anticipated internship completion date, through your online services account using your User ID - click the Apply online button at the top of this page.
You will need to complete the online form and pay the required fee. You will be asked if there’s been any change to your Australian criminal history status, and if you need to disclose any impairment not previously disclosed. If you do declare a change in status, you might be asked to provide further information.
After you have satisfactorily completed your internship, Ahpra receives confirmation directly from your employer that you have successfully completed the required period of supervised practice to transition from provisional to general registration. Ahpra will use this confirmation to finalise your registration.
You can apply for general registration no more than four weeks before the anticipated completion date of your internship.
Ahpra will begin to assess your application and any supporting documentation, and if necessary, carry out a criminal history check. While we can’t finalise your application until we receive confirmation directly from your employer that you have successfully completed your internship, we begin to assess your application, so that it’s ready to be finalised once we receive the confirmation. If you meet the requirements for general registration, you will be granted general registration and we will send you an email confirming that you are registered. Your registration details are updated and published on the Register of Practitioners.
You will receive an automated confirmation via email when you submit your application.
Make sure you have provided a valid email address with your registration, so Ahpra can send you an email confirming that we have received your application.
To ensure a smooth transition from provisional to general registration, you should apply for registration online no more than four weeks before the anticipated completion date of your internship.
This way, Ahpra can begin to assess your application, before it receives confirmation directly from your employer that you have successfully completed your internship. If you meet the requirements for registration, we aim to finalise your application within two weeks after receiving confirmation from your employer.
You can download a certificate from your online services account after you have received an email from us confirming your general registration. You can print this out and use it as evidence of your general registration status with potential employers.
If a practitioner or employer wants to check someone’s registration details the safest and most up-to-date way to do so is via the online Register of Practitioners which is updated every day.
You can renew your provisional registration, if it has not expired, so that you can complete your internship. Please contact Ahpra customer service team on 1300 419 495 between 9:00am – 5:00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time to ask for the appropriate form to renew your provisional registration. You will need to provide your registration number, your name and date of birth.
Ahpra will contact you directly to confirm your options.
You will need to pay an application fee to change your registration from provisional to general. You will also need to pay the standard annual registration fee for general registration.
See the Medical Board’s schedule of fees for further information on exact fee amounts.
If you apply for general registration but do not successfully complete your internship or choose to withdraw your application after it has been received. Ahpra will refund your general registration fee. Your application fee is non-refundable.
If you are eligible to renew your provisional registration so that you can complete your internship, there will be a registration fee for provisional registration. In this case, Ahpra will refund the difference between the general and provisional registration fees.
