Self-reporting for notice of certain events

Your obligations to tell us about relevant events

Registered health practitioners or students must inform Ahpra and their National Board within seven days of becoming aware of a relevant event or change in their status in relation to the events outlined below.

You can notify us by filling in the Raise a concern form, either on the Ahpra website or, for practitioners in your Ahpra portal.

Registered practitioners must tell us if:

• you are charged with an offence punishable by 12 months imprisonment or more
• you are convicted of, or found guilty of an offence publishable by imprisonment
• your professional indemnity insurance arrangements are no longer in place
• your right to practise at a hospital or health service is restricted or withdrawn
• your Medicare billing privileges are restricted or withdrawn
• a state and territory medicines and poisons regulators or another relevant state or territory regulator imposes restrictions on you
• your overseas registration is restricted in some way.

Students must tell us if:

• you are charged with an offence punishable by 12 months imprisonment or more
• you are convicted of or found guilty of an offence publishable by imprisonment.

The obligations are outlined in section 130 of the National Law.

How do I notify you?

Notify us in the online Raise a concern form.

Click Raise a concern then:

• In the About a concern screen, click on Something about me as a registered practitioner or student.
• In the Concern detail screens click either:
• I’m a registered health practitioner, or
• I’m a student in a course that leads to registration as a health practitioner
• Something I’m obliged to tell you.

What happens after I notify Ahpra?

Your notification will be assessed by the Intake - Notifications Team. The team will decide whether a notification needs to be raised. We use a Risk Assessment and Controls framework to assess the risk.

Sometimes we can close the matter straight away, for example if the notification describes an event that the you didn’t need to notify us about, or the event is low risk according to our framework.

If the event described attracts a red flag using the framework, we assess the notification in a similar way to other notifications we receive.

It is important to remember we receive NOCEs from a practitioner or their representative themselves, and this is directly relevant to our assessment of individual risk controls.

If we’ve determined that a notification is necessary after assessing the matter, we can investigate, require a health or performance assessment, or take relevant action under Part 8, just like a notification.

What happens if I don’t notify Ahpra?

Failure to tell us about a change in relation to a relevant event is not an offense, however it could constitute behaviour for which health, conduct or performance action may be taken.

At your next renewal you’ll be asked questions about each of the relevant events and be required to tell us about any change in status. We will follow up to ask why you didn’t tell us about the change within the seven-day notification period.

Where can I go for further information

For further information about your obligations under section 130 of the National Law we recommend you speak with your indemnity insurer or union representative or seek independent legal advice.

Call Ahpra Monday to Friday 9am–5pm (local time) on 1300 419 495

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