Chinese Medicine Practitioner Registration - Victoria

Description

You need to be registered to practise as a Chinese medicine practitioner. Registered Chinese medicine practitioners provide Chinese medicine (such as acupuncture) and, depending on their qualifications and experience, may use the protected titles:

  • Chinese medicine practitioner
  • Chinese herbal dispenser
  • Chinese herbal medicine practitioner
  • oriental medicine practitioner
  • acupuncturist.

Chinese medicine practitioner registration is divided into three divisions:

  • Chinese herbal dispensing
  • Chinese herbal medicine
  • acupuncture.

You must make an additional application and pay additional fees to register for more than one division.

There are four different types of registration offered to practitioners:

  • general
  • limited
  • non-practising
  • student.

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

One year

Expiry

30 November

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
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Fees are listed on the attached document.

Act(s) name

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Act 2009 Victoria

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.