Psychology students are not registered as students under the National Law. The Psychology Board of Australia has determined to register these students through provisional registration.
Some students in some professions were registered before the national scheme started. These students became part of the national scheme and AHPRA will continue to update information about them for the Student Register. Students who were not previously registered under state or territory legislation have been registered with the National Scheme since March 2011.
If you are currently enrolled in an approved program of study, you do not need to apply for registration. AHPRA will work directly with education providers to register all students who need to be registered.
If you are not enrolled in an approved program of study, but you are undertaking a clinical placement where you do not hold registration in that profession, the education provider (or the person or organisation providing the clinical placement) is required to advise AHPRA of students who need to be registered.
There are no fees for student registration.
The definition of an education provider in the National Law is broad.
Education provider is defined as:
a) a university; or
b) a tertiary education institution, or another institution or organisation,
that provides vocational training; or;
c) a specialist medical college or other health profession college.
The meaning of this definition includes:
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education providers delivering Board approved programs of study leading to registration; as well as;
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education providers, health services and other organisations or individuals who host students for clinical experience placements (clinical training)
All education providers must meet the requirements of the National Law in relation to student registration.
Detailed information about student registration is found in:
| Description |
PDF |
Accessible
format |
Document date |
| Student Registration Fact Sheet for Students |
PDF
(284KB) |
Web page |
February 2013 |
| Student Registration FAQ for Students |
|
Web page |
February 2013 |
| Student Registration Fact Sheet for Education Providers |
PDF
(389KB) |
Web page |
February 2013 |
| Student Registration FAQ for Education Providers |
|
Web page |
February 2013 |
| Extracts from the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act relevant to Student Registration |
PDF
(164KB) |
|
August 2011 |
| Education Provider Student Data Template |
|
Excel
(16.1KB,XLS) |
February 2012 |