Forms

Practitioners who wish to practise as a Chinese medicine practitioner in Australia must apply for registration.

Online applications

Online applications for general registration as a Chinese medicine practitioner are available to:

• final-year students that are due to complete within the next twelve weeks an Australian-approved program of study, or
• graduates who have completed an Australian-approved program of study within the last two years.

For all other circumstances, please use the relevant downloadable form below.

Please see Registration standards for information on meeting the Board’s registration requirements.

See the National Board’s FAQ for further information on:

• Who needs to apply for registration?
• The National Scheme
• Registration Standards

The National Board fee schedule has more information on application fees and registration fees.

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

• Application for general registration as a Chinese medicine registrant - AGEN-86 (2.46 MB,PDF)
• Application for an additional division of registration in Chinese Medicine - AARG-86 (1.48 MB,PDF) 
• Application for Trans-Tasman mutual recognition as a Chinese medicine practitioner - ATMR-86 (613 KB,PDF)

See the National Board’s accreditation page for a list of the qualifications required for general registration.

Limited registration

• Request for change in circumstances for Chinese medicine registrants with limited registration - ACCL-86 (360 KB,PDF)
• Application for limited registration for teaching or research as a Chinese medicine registrant - ALTR-86 (1.13 MB,PDF)

Non-practising registrants who want to apply for practising registration

If you currently hold a non-practising registration and want to change back to general registration because you plan to recommence practice, use form AGNP-86:

• Application for general registration as a Chinese medicine registrant for current non-practising registrants - AGNP-86 (1.48 MB,PDF) 

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-86 form:

• Application for non-practising registration as a Chinese medicine registrant for previous registrants - ANPC-86 (884KB, PDF)

Review of conditions or undertakings

• Application for review of conditions or undertakings - ARCD-00 (393 KB,PDF)

Common application forms

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

Supplementary information

Information about supporting documents required for registration is provided below.

• Certifying Documents  
• Proof of Identity Requirements
• Translating documents