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Registration Standards

Registration standards define the requirements that applicants, registrants or students need to meet to be registered. The Physiotherapy Board of Australia has developed the following registration standards:    

Document name PDF   Document date
Physiotherapy Continuing Professional Development Registration Standard PDF 
(144KB) 
Word version 
(54.2 KB,DOCX) 
1 December 2015 
Physiotherapy Criminal History Registration Standard PDF
(249KB)
Word version
(574KB,DOCX)
1 July 2015
Physiotherapy English Language Skills Registration Standard

Additional resources about this standard are available on the AHPRA website.
PDF
(375KB)
Word version
(574KB,DOCX)
1 July 2015
Registration Standard: Professional Indemnity Insurance Arrangements 

Additional information about this standard is available on the AHPRA website.
PDF
(265KB)
Word version 
(670 KB,DOCX) 
1 July 2016
Registration standard: Recency of practice PDF 
(162KB)
Word version 
(375 KB,DOCX)
1 December 2016
Physiotherapy Limited Registration for Postgraduate Training or Supervised Practice Registration Standard PDF 
(92.5KB)
  25 July 2012
Physiotherapy Limited Registration in Public Interest Registration Standard PDF 
(57.1KB)
  25 July 2012
Physiotherapy Limited Registration for Teaching or Research Registration Standard PDF 
(60.2KB)
  25 July 2012

Ministerial Council directions and approvals

The following directions or approvals given by Ministerial Council to the Physiotherapy Board of Australia are published in accordance with section 17(2) of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law as in force in each state and territory (the National Law).

Document name PDF  Document date 

Ministerial Council approval letters for the following registration standards are published on the AHPRA website.

 - 7 December 2015 
Ministerial Council approval letters for the following registration standards are published on the AHPRA website:

N/A 30 April 2015
Approval of the following registration standards:
  • Limited registration for supervised practice or postgraduate training
  • Limited registration in the public interest
  • Limited registration for teaching and research.
PDF (242 KB) 24 May 2012
Approval of the following registration standards:
  • Criminal history registration standard
  • English language requirements registration standard
  • Professional indemnity insurance arrangements registration standard
  • Continuing professional development registration standard
  • Recency of practice registration standard.
PDF (370 KB) 31 March 2010 

A detailed consultation process supported the development of the Board’s registration standards.

Retired versions

Document name PDF Document date
Retired version: Physiotherapy Recency of Practice Registration Standard PDF 
(226KB)
1 April 2011
Retired version: Professional Indemnity Insurance Registration Standard PDF 
(336KB) 
1 April 2011 
Retired version: Physiotherapy Continuing Professional Development Registration Standard  PDF
(228KB) 
1 April 2011 
Retired version: Physiotherapy Criminal History Registration Standard PDF
(338KB)
1 April 2011
Retired version: Physiotherapy English Language Skills Registration Standard PDF
(337KB)
1 April 2011
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