Online registration and forms

Online applications

Online applications for registration as a physiotherapist are available to:

• final-year students who are due to complete within the next twelve weeks an Australian-approved program of study
• graduates who have completed an Australian-approved program of study
• internationally qualified physiotherapists who hold an Australian Physiotherapy Council Final Certificate applying for general registration
• internationally qualified physiotherapists who hold an Australian Physiotherapy Council Certificate of Substantial Equivalence applying for general registration
• applicants who previously held registration in Australia before July 2010 and are reapplying for general registration
• applicants who previously held, or currently hold general registration as a physiotherapist in Australia and are applying for non-practising registration, or
• applicants who currently hold physiotherapy registration with the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand and are applying for registration in Australia under the provisions of the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act.

Renewal of registration

General or non-practising registration

Online application for renewal of registration opens six to eight weeks before your registration expires. Ahpra will send you a reminder when your registration is due. Look for this as confirmation that online renewal is open.

If you do not renew your general or non-practising registration by 30 November each year, or within the following one-month late period, your registration will lapse in accordance with the National Law and your name will be removed from the national register of practitioners.

Limited registration

We no longer send hardcopy forms in the mail.

We will send you an email reminding you to renew three to four months before your registration expires.

To renew your limited registration download the relevant form from the Ahpra provisional and limited registration page, complete it and send it back to us online.

Registration forms

General registration

Limited registration

Non-practising registration

If you currently hold general registration, you can apply for non-practising registration using online services. Log in to your account to apply.

If you don't currently hold general registration, you can apply for non-practising registration by using the ANPC-66 form:

Supplementary information

Information about supporting documents required for registration is provided below.

• Certifying Documents
• Standard Format for Curriculum Vitae 
• Proof of Identity Requirements

Common application forms

See Common Application Forms for a complete list of forms that are not specific to the actual registration process. 

Notification

To notify Ahpra about your concerns regarding a health practitioner, go to Make a Notification.