Professions & Divisions

National Boards in conjunction with the National Agency (AHPRA) keep public national registers of all registered health practitioners.

These form the public Registers of Practitioners which also include specialists from the dental, medical and podiatry professions.

Within the registers, dental and nursing professions are further categorised into divisions. All National Boards with corresponding professions and divisions are shown below.

 National Board   Profession  Division
Chiropractic Board of Australia Chiropractor  
Dental Board of Australia Dental Practitioner  Dentist
Dental therapist
Dental hygienist
Dental prosthetist
Oral health therapist
Medical Board of Australia Medical Practitioner  
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia  Nurse Registered nurse (Division 1)
Enrolled nurse (Division 2)
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia  Midwife  
Optometry Board of Australia Optometrist
Osteopathy Board of Australia Osteopath
Pharmacy Board of Australia Pharmacist
Physiotherapy Board of Australia Physiotherapist 
Podiatry Board of Australia Podiatrist
Psychology Board of Australia Psychologist