Registration

From 1 July 2012 Chinese medicine practitioners have been required to be registered under the national registration and accreditation scheme with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia and meet the Board's Registration Standards, in order to practise in Australia.

Application forms for general registration are available for downloading.

Further information on the registration process is available on the AHPRA website.

See National Board's FAQ for more information about the scheme.

Divisions of Chinese Medicine Practitioner Registration

Divisions of Chinese medicine practitioner registration include:

Acupuncture
Chinese herbal medicine
Chinese herbal dispensing

New graduates

Information video for graduating students

This video is most relevant to Chinese medicine students who are nearing the completion of their approved programs of study in Australia and will soon be seeking general registration.

Transcript - Welcome to the Chinese medicine profession-Apr 2022 (238 KB,PDF), Word version (163 KB,DOCX)

Who is Ahpra?

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) supports the 15 National Boards in their role of protecting the public and setting standards and policies that all registered health practitioners must meet.

Ahpra and the National Boards work together to register and renew health practitioners and, where required, investigate complaints or concerns regarding health practitioners.

Ahpra's operations are governed by the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law which came into effect on 1 July 2010. This law applies in each Australian state and territory, and is sometimes referred to on our sites as ‘the National Law’.

All health practitioners registered to practise are included on the national register of practitioners which is managed by Ahpra.

Find out more about Ahpra.