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National Restrictions Library 2.0: This restriction applies to restictions imposed or accepted from 16 September 2024. For restrictions imposed or accepted before this date please see the National Restrictions Library 1.0.
A practitioner with this restriction must not practise until we publish approved practice locations. We must approve practice locations. Before approving practice locations, we check that the location is appropriate for the practitioner’s health condition.
A practitioner with this restriction must:
We often apply this restriction due to concerns about a practitioner’s health. To protect the practitioner’s privacy, usually some of the restriction details are not publicly available.
We monitor compliance in several ways, including by checking that:
If you have any concerns about a health practitioner’s conduct or performance, you can find out How to raise a concern.
‘Treating mental health professional’ is defined as # a registered health practitioner, psychiatrist, general practitioner, nurse practitioner, addiction specialist, psychologist, or an alcohol, tobacco and other drugs counsellor or the equivalent#
You will receive a monitoring plan that details contact information, due dates, and the information you will need to provide to show that you are complying with your restrictions.
Links to the required forms will be available here prior to 16 September 2024.
Please contact your case officer for more information.
For general information see our Frequently asked questions about Monitoring and compliance page
If you have not yet received contact details for your case officer, please email your enquiry.
We are here to support and guide you through your compliance.
The contact details for your case officer are included on all our correspondence with you.
We also encourage you to use independent support services, including those provided on our Practitioner support services page.
You can also contact your legal representative or professional union to support you.
If you have no approved practice locations published to the public register, you must not practise.
You must only practise at approved and published practice locations.
Generally, we will provide you further opportunity to nominate a different practice location, or to address any shortfalls in the nomination.
We will not consider incomplete nominations. We will let you know if we require any further information to progress your nomination.
If your practice location is not approved and published to the public register, you must not practice at that location.
You should notify your case officer as soon as possible using the contact details on your monitoring plan. You will be required to nominate a new treating practitioner within 30 days of notice that your current treating practitioner is unavailable.
The requirement to seek approval of a practice location, for the purpose of these restrictions, is intended to allow for closer scrutiny of the practice setting compared to other forms of action (such as, but not limited to, supervised practice). This helps to confirm if your practice location is suitable, can help you comply with your restrictions, and provide us with independent information so we can confirm you are practising safely.
In considering the appropriateness of a practice location for a practitioner subject to these restrictions, significant weight is placed on the presence of independent persons such as the senior person with whom Ahpra can communicate and seek assurances from regarding the practitioner’s compliance.
Senior persons play an important role in protecting the public. Sometimes they are not a registered health practitioner. They are responsible for providing us with accurate practice information and are our primary contact to confirm you are practising safely.
It is important your senior person is sufficiently independent from you to be reasonably relied upon and is able to provide independent and reliable information to help us monitor your compliance with your restrictions.
You should notify your case officer as soon as possible using the contact details on your monitoring plan. You will be required to nominate a new senior person within 14 days of notifying us that your previously nominated senior person is no longer available.
You must contact your Ahpra case officer or team as soon as possible if you have had a change of circumstances or are unable to comply with the requirements for any reason. See your monitoring plan for contact information.
You may be able to apply for a change in your restrictions, or an extension of the date of commencement of the requirement for treatment. Circumstances are considered on a case-by-case basis.