Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Professions Registration Act 2005 - SECT 18

Renewal of registration

18. Renewal of registration



(1) An application for renewal of registration as a health practitioner must
be-

   (a)  made to the responsible board before the existing registration
        expires; and

   (b)  accompanied by the information referred to in section 34; and

   (c)  accompanied by the fee (if any) determined by the responsible board.

(2) If an application for renewal relates to a registration that is endorsed
under Division 2 of this Part, the applicant may include an application to
have the endorsement of registration renewed for the period of registration.





(3) The responsible board may require an applicant to-

   (a)  provide evidence that the applicant will be covered by professional
        indemnity insurance that meets the minimum terms and conditions set
        out in the guidelines of the responsible board;

   (b)  provide information about-

   (i)  the main types of regulated health services that the applicant has
        been providing during the existing registration period;

   (ii) any continuing professional development undertaken during the existing
        registration period;

   (iii) whether or not the applicant intends to practise as a health
        practitioner during the period for which the registration is to be
        renewed;

   (iv) if the applicant intends to practise as a health practitioner during
        that period, a description of the main kinds of regulated health
        services that the applicant intends to provide during that period;

   (c)  provide-

   (i)  an address from which the health practitioner will practise as a
        health practitioner; and

   (ii) a postal address where the health practitioner can be contacted by
        mail.



(4) An applicant for renewal of registration as a health practitioner-

   (a)  under section 6 or 7 who has not provided regulated health services in
        the health profession regulated by the board for a period exceeding 2
        years, or the longer period prescribed by the regulations, before the
        application for renewal; or

   (b)  who intends to change the type of regulated health services he or she
        provides during the period of registration-

must provide details of the person's training or proposed training to ensure
the person is competent to provide those regulated health services during the
period of registration.

(5) A person may not apply for renewal of the following registration-

   (a)  interim registration;

   (b)  specific registration, other than specific registration granted for a
        purpose mentioned in section 7(1)(f) or 7(2).

(6) If a person does not apply for renewal of registration before the end of
the existing registration period, the responsible board may renew that
person's registration if application is made within 3 months after the end of
the registration period and if the applicant pays an additional renewal fee
determined by the responsible board which must not be more than 50% of the
original fee.

(7) For a period of 3 months after a person's registration has expired without
being renewed, that person is to be deemed to be registered and if, at the end
of that period, that person has not renewed his or her registration, the
responsible board must remove that person's name from the register.

(8) The responsible board may refuse to renew the registration of an applicant
on any ground on which the responsible board might refuse to grant the
registration.

(9) If an application for renewal relates to a registration that is endorsed
under Division 2 of this Part, the responsible board may refuse to renew the
endorsement of registration of the applicant if the responsible board is
satisfied that the applicant is not, at the time of renewal, qualified for
that endorsement in accordance with Division 2 of this Part.