Practitioner Services

A range of services are available to health practitioners registered to practise in Australia.

1. Practitioner online services, including:
   • Check your registration 
   • Renew your registration 
   • Certificates of Registration 
   • Certificate of Registration Status 
2. Check the status of your renewal application 
3. Application forms 

Practitioner online services

Practitioner online services is our online account management area. It is easily accessed from the Ahpra and National Board websites. Click on ‘Login’ from the banner of any page to sign in. All practitioners are issued with a User ID and password when registered.

If you have a login but have forgotten your password you can request a password reset. A new password is emailed within 15 minutes. You can use online services to change the supplied password to one of your choosing at any time.

Once logged in, you will be able to:

Check your registration

You can check your health practitioner registration details in the national register of practitioners. The online register provides detailed information in accordance with section 225 of the National Law¹ regarding a health practitioner’s registration. Information listed includes key dates, qualifications relied upon for registration and any conditions on the registration. The register is updated daily if conditions and undertakings, notations, a reprimand or suspension are added or removed from a practitioner’s registration.

All practitioners are issued with a national registration number which is also published in the national register.

See the definitions of terms in the national register for more information.

Other details not shown in the register can be obtained by contacting Ahpra.

Renew your registration

You can find helpful information including FAQs on the registration renewal page.

Certificates of Registration

The National Law provides for the issuing of Certificates of Registration following certain events during the period in which a health practitioner is registered.

Practitioners can download a PDF copy of the Certificate of Registration. This free service is available using Ahpra’s online services along with the ability to update contact details and apply for renewal of registration.

1. Once logged in to online services you will be directed to the practitioner home page.
2. Click on the 'Download registration certificate' link below your registration details (view example).
3. Your current Certificate of Registration will be displayed as a PDF document.
4. Save this to your computer and print as required.

The online register of practitioners is the safest and most up-to-date way for an employer, practitioner or the public to check someone's registration details.

Certificates of Registration Status

When practitioners are seeking registration, the regulatory authority in that jurisdiction may require a Certificate of Registration Status (CoRS). This document is also referred to by some regulators as a Certificate of Good Standing or Certificate of Current Professional Status.

In most other situations, a certificate of registration (that you can download for free – see Certificate of Registration above) or the online register of practitioners is appropriate.

Ahpra can provide a CoRS direct to regulatory authorities in other countries and some other approved organisations. The certificate is never provided to the requesting practitioner or an employer and can only be sent to an Ahpra-approved regulatory body or organisation. See the below link for more information including a full list of approved regulatory bodies and organisations:

Ahpra’s Approved Regulatory Body or Organisation list

The certificate provided by Ahpra will:

• identify the National Board and the recipient organisation 
• list practitioner-specific information including key registration dates, details of any current investigations, legal proceedings, suspensions, cancellations and/or any other relevant information such as active conditions, undertakings, cautions and reprimands
• outline any inactive and closed investigations, legal proceedings, cautions, reprimands, undertakings and conditions from the past 10 years, and
• include the date of issue of the certificate.

Ahpra does not complete any forms or documents for other regulatory bodies or organisations. If the regulatory body or organisation requests more information about a CoRS they can contact Ahpra directly.

See the links below to request a Certificate of Registration Status to be issued to an Ahpra-approved regulatory body or organisation:

• Request for issue of certificate of registration status (Certificate of Good Standing) - ICRS-00 (647 KB,PDF)
• Request for issue of certificate of registration status online

Note: A practitioner can choose to nominate a regulatory body or organisation but if Ahpra determines that it is not a legitimate body for registering health practitioners in that jurisdiction, then Ahpra will not continue to process the application.

Check the status of your renewal application

You can check the status of your renewal application to see if Ahpra has received your application and find out which stage it is in.

Application forms

You can download application forms from the Common application forms page which also has links to the profession-specific forms located on the websites of each of the National Boards.

¹The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, as in force in each state and territory