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27 Nov 2014
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners who apply to renew their registration in December will not be charged a late fee.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia (the National Board) has decided to waive the late fee for the 2014 renewal period.
About 340 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners with general registration are due to renew by 30 November. More than half have already renewed their registration.
Under the National Law1, renewal applications received after the registration expiry date incur a late payment fee in addition to the annual renewal fee.
National Board Presiding Member Bruce Davis encouraged individuals to renew their registration before the end of the late period to avoid lapsed registration.
‘The National Board wants to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners by making their registration under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme less of a burden,’ Mr Davis said.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners who do not apply to renew their registration by 31 December 2014 will have lapsed registration. They will be removed from the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners and will not be able to practise their profession without making a new application for registration.
Under the National Law, a person who has successfully completed the Certificate IV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Practice must be registered if:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners, whose application is received by 31 December, can continue practising while their application is processed.
This is the third time Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners have renewed their registration since the profession joined the National Scheme in July 2012.
1 The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, as in force in each stand and territory (the National Law)