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Students who are in the process of gaining a qualification that will enable them to practise as a registered health professional usually do periods of clinical practice (involving direct patient contact) as a part of their course of study.
In the interests of public safety, Health Ministers agreed that monitoring of students undertaking clinical practice is reasonable, and in line with the monitoring of fully qualified health professionals.
All students enrolled in an approved program of study that leads to a qualification in a registered health professional must be registered at the start of their clinical training.
Student registration also applies to students who are not enrolled in an approved program of study but who are undertaking clinical training in a registered health profession for which they do not hold health practitioner registration.
Education providers must provide student details at the start of clinical training (which may be at different stages of training for different health professions). “Education providers” includes not only tertiary/vocational education providers, but also health services, other organisations and in some instances, individuals.
Individual students do not need to do anything to register with their National Board. Once you are enrolled in your course, your tertiary education provider, registered training organisation or course provider will liaise with AHPRA and organise your student registration for the appropriate stage of your training on your behalf.
There are no student registration fees.
No. Student details are not published or publicly available.
No. Students will not receive a certificate of registration or any form of confirmation of student registration from AHPRA. The student register is not a public register. Health services seeking proof of a student’s registration will need to contact the education provider with whom the student is enrolled to verify that students are registered.
No. There is a separate process with specific registration standards that must be met when you apply for registration as a health practitioner. For more information about the graduate registration process please visit the Graduate Applications section of the AHPRA website.
Under the National Law, if you are a student enrolled in an approved program of study or undertaking clinical training, you must notify AHPRA through the local office within seven days of becoming aware that:
Any entity (person or organisation) may make a voluntary notification to AHPRA about a student if they believe that the student:
The National Law provides protection from civil, criminal and administrative liability for those persons, who in good faith make a notification under the National Law.
AHPRA will assess all notifications to determine whether a Board must consider taking immediate action to protect public health or safety. More information about this process is published on the AHPRA website.
The purpose of the public register is to publish only those qualifications that have led to eligibility for registration. Therefore there is no intention of publishing other qualifications that a practitioner might hold.
New graduates of courses approved by the Board are not required to submit certificates or transcripts.
AHPRA requests evidence of course completion directly from education providers in a spreadsheet format that details exactly which students have completed the course and when. The spreadsheet also provides for two signatures from the education provider to confirm each student’s course completion.
When there has been a delay in the applicant completing the course and then applying for registration (e.g. 12 months or more) the applicant is required to submit a certified copy of the certificate and transcript. For more information go to the Graduate Applications section on the AHPRA website.