Restriction: Show progress to general or specialist medical registration

About registration

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.

Restriction description

A practitioner with this restriction must show progress toward achieving either general or specialist registration.
We usually apply this restriction when an internationally qualified medical practitioner has been unable to complete the unrestricted registration requirements within three years of starting practice in Australia.

The practitioner must do one of the following:

pass an exam
complete a work-based assessment satisfactorily
meet the requirements for fellowship with a specialist college.

A practitioner with this restriction also has requirements about the type of registration they hold. This might include practising in approved practice locations under supervision.

When the practitioner applies to renew their registration, we monitor compliance by checking that they have done at least one of the following:

passed the exam
passed the workplace assessment
met the requirements for fellowship with a specialist college.

Full text of restriction

The practitioner must provide evidence of progress towards qualifying for either general or specialist registration.
The practitioner must provide either:
1. <include if required> evidence of obtaining the Australian Medical Council (AMC) certificate by either passing the AMC Clinical Examination, or satisfactorily completing the AMC accredited work-based assessment by #date#, or
2. evidence of having #successfully completed all requirements/made satisfactory progress towards completing the requirements# for #specialist college# fellowship.
The practitioner must complete the requirements of this condition by no later than the end of the #year# renewal period.

<include if satisfactory progress is selected at b.ii> For the purposes of this restriction ‘satisfactory progress’ is defined as evidence of completion of #insert milestone# or its equivalent.

Requirements

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.