Scheduled Maintenance
This website will be unavailable from 8am to 5pm Sunday 4 May 2025 AEST for regular maintenance. Ahpra’s portal and other online services will not be available. The online Register of practitioners will be available. We apologise for any inconvenience.
We’re sorry our phones are busy. We are currently dealing with higher than normal call volumes due to nursing and midwifery renewals. There may be times when our line is temporarily engaged. From 8 May, our operating hours will be extended (8am to 8pm AEST). Please try again later.
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We support safe practice by publishing regulatory standards, codes, guidelines, updates and other resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners, employers, students and the public.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are warned this site may contain images, names and voices of deceased persons.
REGISTRATION
Your practitioner portal is here
Whether you want to apply for registration or check the status of your application, renew your registration or update your contact details, your Ahpra practitioner portal makes it easier, faster and more secure.
BOARD NEWS
2023/24 annual report out now
Read about the work of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia and find data about Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Who we are...
Meet some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners. Find out what brought them to the profession, the ways in which their role benefits the communities they serve and what they think are the important next steps for the profession.
REGISTRATION
Thinking of joining the profession?
Interested in becoming an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner? (PDF 287KB)
LEGAL REFORMS
Changes to the law governing health practitioners
Wide-ranging reforms of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law focused on public safety.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Practitioner search
Look up an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Eliminating racism from healthcare
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Join a board, committee or panel
Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?
EDUCATION
Search approved programs of study
Find the education and training programs that can lead to registration.
BOARD NEWS
2023/24 annual report out now
Read about the work of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia and find data about Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Who we are...
Meet some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners. Find out what brought them to the profession, the ways in which their role benefits the communities they serve and what they think are the important next steps for the profession.
PRACTITIONER SUPPORT
Professional capabilities
The professional capabilities identify the knowledge, skills and professional attributes needed to safely and competently practise as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner in Australia.
LEGAL REFORMS
Changes to the law governing health practitioners
Wide-ranging reforms of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law focused on public safety.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Eliminating racism from healthcare
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Join a board, committee or panel
Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?
PUBLIC SAFETY
Practitioner search
Look up an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.
BOARD NEWS
2023/24 annual report out now
Read about the work of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia and find data about Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners.
PRACTITIONER SUPPORT
Professional capabilities
The professional capabilities identify the knowledge, skills and professional attributes needed to safely and competently practise as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner in Australia.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Who we are...
Meet some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners. Find out what brought them to the profession, the ways in which their role benefits the communities they serve and what they think are the important next steps for the profession.
REGISTRATION
Thinking of joining the profession?
Interested in becoming an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner? (PDF 287KB)
LEGAL REFORMS
Changes to the law governing health practitioners
Wide-ranging reforms of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law focused on public safety.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Practitioner search
Look up an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Join a board, committee or panel
Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?
PUBLIC SAFETY
Eliminating racism from healthcare
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy
PUBLIC SAFETY
Who we are...
Meet some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners. Find out what brought them to the profession, the ways in which their role benefits the communities they serve and what they think are the important next steps for the profession.
PRACTITIONER SUPPORT
Supporting safe healthcare
Through national accreditation and regulation, we ensure Australia’s registered health practitioners are suitably trained, qualified and safe to practise.
PRACTITIONER SUPPORT
Professional capabilities
The professional capabilities identify the knowledge, skills and professional attributes needed to safely and competently practise as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner in Australia.
REGISTRATION
Thinking of joining the profession?
Interested in becoming an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner? (PDF 287KB)
EDUCATION
Search approved programs of study
Find the education and training programs that can lead to registration.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Eliminating racism from healthcare
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy
PUBLIC SAFETY
Who we are...
Meet some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners. Find out what brought them to the profession, the ways in which their role benefits the communities they serve and what they think are the important next steps for the profession.
PRACTITIONER SUPPORT
Supporting safe healthcare
Through national accreditation and regulation, we ensure Australia’s registered health practitioners are suitably trained, qualified and safe to practise.
PRACTITIONER SUPPORT
Professional capabilities
The professional capabilities identify the knowledge, skills and professional attributes needed to safely and competently practise as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner in Australia.
REGISTRATION
Thinking of joining the profession?
Interested in becoming an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner? (PDF 287KB)
LEGAL REFORMS
Changes to the law governing health practitioners
Wide-ranging reforms of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law focused on public safety.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Eliminating racism from healthcare
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy
PUBLIC SAFETY
Practitioner search
Look up an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.
EDUCATION
Search approved programs of study
Find the education and training programs that can lead to registration.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Join a board, committee or panel
Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?