Help & Tips

Does a health practitioner’s registration expire?

Practitioners must apply to renew their registration annually. They are able to continue practising while their registration is assessed. Practitioners remain registered for one month after their registration expiry date. If they apply to renew their registration during this period, they are required to pay a late fee and are able to continue to practise while their application is being assessed.
- Nurses and midwives are due to renew their registration by 31 May every year.
- Most medical practitioners are due to renew their registration by 30 September every year.
- Other health practitioners are due to renew their registration by 30 November every year.

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We work to ensure that Australia has access to safe and professional health practitioners.

We register individual health practitioners; manage concerns about their health, performance and conduct; and set standards and policies that all registered health practitioners must meet.

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Court and tribunal decisions

If, after an investigation, we believe a practitioner’s conduct meets the threshold for serious unprofessional conduct or professional misconduct, we will refer the matter to a court or tribunal. Only a court or tribunal can cancel a practitioner’s registration.

Links to court and tribunal decisions are listed on a practitioner’s registration details page. If a practitioner’s registration has been cancelled, they will be listed on the Cancelled health practitioner register.