Top tips: Using the register for public safety checks

1. If a practitioner’s name does not appear on the register, they are not registered to practise in Australia.
2. AHPRA’s online, national register of practitioners is accurate, up to date and publishes the current registration status of every health practitioner registered in Australia.
3. The register is always available, free to use, updated continuously and is the only reliable source of information about practitioners’ registration status.
4. There is no gap between being granted registration and appearing on the register.
5. If it is your job to check that someone is registered:
   • use the online register to verify the information provided by the applicant is accurate and up to date
   • don’t rely on a hard copy of a register entry
   • if the practitioner’s name does not appear on the register, or you don’t have internet, or you have questions about the details shown on the national register, call AHPRA on 1300 419 495.
6. Go to the AHPRA website to check the register.

The online register of practitioners has accurate, up to date information about the registration status of all registered health practitioners in Australia. It is an important way the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme helps keep the public safe.

Top tips: Using the register for public safety checks
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