AHPRA online registrations
November 25, 2011
THE Australian Health Practitioner
Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has
launched online applications for
provisional pharmacy registrants.
The online capability has been
made possible by upgrades to
AHPRA’s IT capability and changes
to National Board documentation
requirements, and is designed to
cut red tape.
“The quickest and easiest way for
an intern to apply for general
registration is online,” said AHPRA
CEO Martin Fletcher.
“We are encouraging all medical
and pharmacy interns who
currently hold provisional
registration and who expect to
complete their internship soon, to
apply online now,” he added.
Pharmacy interns who intend to
use the online facility will need to
follow up their application with
documentation demonstrating they
have successfully completed their
internship.
“Early, online application is the
fastest and most efficient pathway
from provisional to general
registration for interns,” Fletcher
said.
The new Pharmacy Board
documentation requirements for
pharmacists also mean that
provisional registrants do not need
to resupply documentation already
provided to AHPRA when they
apply for general registration.
In addition, pharmacy registrants
who will not complete their
internship within one month of
their current provisional
registration expiry date can now
apply online to extend their
provisional registration.
AHPRA also said that anyone with
provisional registration who needs
to make a declaration about
criminal history or impairment
should apply for general
registration early, as their application
will take longer to process.
See www.ahpra.gov.au for more
registration information.
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