Paramedic Registration - Tasmania

Description

You need to be registered to practise as a paramedic. Registered paramedics provide emergency care to sick or injured people outside a hospital or care facility and can use the protected title of paramedic or paramedicine.

You must be registered if you work in a non-clinical paramedic role but you will not need this registration if you are a:

  • student
  • medic
  • volunteer ambulance officer
  • emergency medical technician (EMT).

There are three different types of registration offered to practitioners:

  • general
  • limited
  • non-practising.

Please consult the Contact Officer for more information.

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:

  • be a qualified and a suitable person
  • meet the requirements stated in the registration standards.

Duration

1 year

Expiry

30 November

Act(s) name

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) Act 2010 Tasmania

Administering agency

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency