The price has been hiked from $995 to $1027. Except for NSW residents – you get a $71 rebate.
With AHPRA registration swiftly approaching, get registered to avoid deregistration. Or worse … the $30 late fee.
Federal law requires registered doctors to renew their registration with the Medical Board every year. The process is managed nationally by AHPRA.
The deadline for general, specialist and non-practicing registration for medical practitioners is the same annually and is rapidly approaching: 30 September.
Any doctors who miss this cut off will be fined $30 if they register in October and de-registered follows thereafter.
Deregistered doctors will have to complete the full registration process to resume practice.
While AHPRA was unable to provide a figure on the number of doctors who are fined or deregistered each year, a spokesperson for the regulator told The Medical Republic that deregistration was “exceedingly rare”.
This year, registration fees have been hiked by 3.2%, from $995 for 2023/24 to $1027 for 2024/25.
Doctors in NSW will continue to pay a discounted rate — $956 – as they have a different state-based ombudsman.
The fee will cover registration from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
As doctors are likely well aware, registration requires declaration that you meet the national board’s registration standards, namely you must have professional indemnity insurance and flag recency of practice.
Doctors must also flag any changes in your criminal history since your last registration and any health impairments that might affect your work – and how you’re managing them.
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There are routine random audits of an undisclosed number of practitioners’ registrations each year, which require substantiation of any declarations made.
Doctors can renew their registration online through the AHPRA website.
AHPRA issues reminders via email – so remember to update your email with AHPRA if it’s changed.
Health practitioners with provisional or limited registrations should renew their registration yearly from the date it was first granted.
