Forms

Online applications

Online applications for general registration as an osteopath 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 12 months, or
• Osteopaths who hold a current annual practising certificate with the Osteopathic Council of New Zealand and who are applying for registration in Australia under the provisions of the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act.

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

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.

Provisional 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 provisional 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 an osteopath - AGEN-56 (798 KB,PDF)
• Application for general registration as an osteopath for current non-practising registrants - AGNP-56 (738 KB,PDF)
• Application for review of conditions or undertakings - ARCD-00 (393 KB,PDF)
• Application for general registration as an osteopath for students completing an approved program of study - ASGR-56 (1.63 MB,PDF) 
• Application for general registration for osteopaths currently holding provisional registration - APGR-56 (1.57 MB,PDF)

Provisional registration

• Application for provisional registration - APRO-56 (2.20 MB,PDF)

Limited registration

• Application for limited registration in the public interest as an osteopath - ALPI-56 (1.49 MB,PDF)
• Application for limited registration for supervised practice as an osteopath (short term to sit an examination) - ALST-56  (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-56 form:

• Application for non-practising registration as an osteopath for previous registrants ANPC-56 (700 KB, PDF)

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 complaint.