Audit

Registration

About audit

Ahpra and the National Boards have developed a nationally consistent approach to auditing health practitioners’ compliance with mandatory registration standards. Audits are an important part of the way National Boards and Ahpra can better protect the public. They help to ensure that practitioners are meeting the mandatory registration standards and provide important assurance to the community and the Boards.

How will I know if I am being audited?

Audits of random samples of practitioners from all professions will occur periodically throughout the year.

If you are selected for audit, you will receive an audit notice in the mail from Ahpra. It includes a checklist that outlines what supporting documentation is required to demonstrate that you meet the standard(s) being audited.

What is being audited?

Each time you apply to renew your registration, you make a declaration that you have (or have not) met the registration standards for your profession. The audit requires that you provide further information to support your declarations.
Your audit notice letter will identify which standard/standards are being audited. One or more of the following four mandatory registration standards may be audited.

Potential audited registration standard	Action to be taken if the practitioner is selected for audit of this standard
Criminal history registration standard effective from 1 July 2015 (353 KB,PDF)	No further action is required unless the practitioner is asked to provide more information. Ahpra uses an independent service provider to check domestic criminal history, which will happen automatically at no cost to the practitioner.
Continuing professional development registration standard effective from 1 December 2015 (380 KB,PDF)	The practitioner must submit evidence of the CPD activities undertaken to meet the requirements of the Board standard relevant to the specified audit period.
Recency of practice registration standard effective from 1 December 2016 (249 KB,PDF)	The practitioner must submit evidence of the ROP undertaken to meet the requirements of the Board standard relevant to the specified audit period.
Professional indemnity insurance arrangements (PII) registration standard effective until 1 July 2016 Professional indemnity insurance arrangements (PII) registration standard, effective from 1 July 2016	The practitioner must submit evidence of PII arrangements which meet the requirements of the Board’s PII registration standard.

Declarations, your registration and the National Law

Under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, as in force in each state and territory, Ahpra can request (on behalf of a board) you to provide evidence, within 28 days, that you meet the standards, as declared in your previous annual statement.

Your annual statement is made when you apply to renew your registration. It is supported by a declaration confirming that it is ‘true and correct’.

The annual statement also includes (among other things) statements about whether:

you have met the recency of practice requirements stated in the Board’s registration standard
you met the Board’s continuing professional development (CPD) requirements as set out in the Board’s CPD registration standard during the previous registration period
you practised in accordance with the requirements of the Board’s Professional indemnity insurance (PII) arrangements registration standard, and whether you commit to practise in accordance with that registration standard if your registration is renewed, and
there was any change in your criminal history during the previous registration period and whether you have any other criminal history that has not been disclosed to Ahpra.

Templates and resources

Below is a sample of templates to help you fulfill the requirements of the audit. You can print and complete these then submit them as part of your audit response.

CPD FAQ and CPD log book template
Letter template from Employer - PII arrangements (25.0 KB,DOCX)
Letter template from Employer - Recency of Practice (37.0 KB,DOCX)

Additional information

If you need more information, please email the audit team at registration9@ahpra.gov.au, or call the customer service line Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm on 1300 419 495.