Medical Practitioner Registration - New South Wales

Description

You need to be registered to practise as a medical practitioner. Registered medical practitioners, colloquially referred to as 'Doctors', can use the protected title of medical practitioner. All medical students and doctors seeking to practise medicine in Australia must be registered. This includes operating as a general practitioner, specialist or other similar activities.

There are six different types of registration offered to practitioners:

  • general
  • specialist
  • provisional
  • limited
  • non-practising
  • student.

There is one endorsement for acupuncture available for medical practitioners with additional qualifications and expertise.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for registration, you must:

  • hold an approved qualification
  • meet the requirements stated in the registration standards.

Duration

1 year

Expiry

30 November

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
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Fee information is in the attached fee resource.

Forms

Act(s) name

Health Practitioner Regulation (Adoption of National Law) Act 2009 New South Wales

Administering agency

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.