AHPRA
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Single national registration and accreditation scheme for 16 regulated health professions under the National Law.
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Obligations enforced
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Enforcement actions tracked
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Scope topics
Obligations enforced by AHPRA (8)
- criticalCWLTHComply with Medical Board CPD requirements (50 hours minimum)
Medical practitioners must meet CPD requirements set by the Medical Board annually.
- criticalCWLTHComply with state infection control + notifiable disease rules
Health practitioners must notify State Health Departments of notifiable diseases.
- criticalCWLTHCosmetic surgery advertising standards (Medical Board reforms 2024-2025)
Stricter cosmetic surgery + procedure advertising from 2024 — bans on idealised body imagery + before/after misuse.
- criticalCWLTHCosmetic surgery practitioner endorsement (from 2025)
From July 2025 — endorsed cosmetic surgery registration with stricter advertising + training.
- criticalCWLTHMaintain AHPRA registration and CPD
Registered health practitioners must hold current registration and meet annual CPD per their National Board standards.
- criticalCWLTHMaintain controlled drugs register (Schedule 8 / 9)
Pharmacies + medical practices must keep contemporaneous register of S8/S9 medicines.
- criticalCWLTHMaintain PBS approval + claim accurately for PBS-listed medicines
Pharmacy approval-to-supply under s 90 National Health Act; PBS claiming subject to compliance review.
- criticalCWLTHMake mandatory notifications to AHPRA
Practitioners, employers and education providers must notify AHPRA of conduct that puts the public at risk.
Recent AHPRA enforcement
- registration action2024AHPRA cosmetic surgery actions 2024
Multiple registrations actions against cosmetic practitioners post-Four Corners + Medical Board reforms.
- registration action2024AHPRA cosmetic advertising actions 2024
AHPRA prepared + began enforcing tightened cosmetic advertising guidelines through 2024 ahead of 2025 endorsement model.
- registration action2024AHPRA + Medical Board cosmetic surgery action 2024
AHPRA + Medical Board took action against multiple practitioners post-Four Corners cosmetic surgery investigation.
- registration action2024AHPRA cosmetic surgery practitioner bans 2024
Multiple cosmetic surgery practitioner registration cancellations + conditions following Four Corners + Medical Board enforcement program.
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Parent legislation
Source: regulator's own website. Rules Mate links and summarises — we don't republish full statutory text.