Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
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| Jurisdiction | Hosted by the Queensland Government, and recognised in all other states and territories |
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| Website | ahpra |
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) is a cross-jurisdictional statutory authority responsible for the regulation of 16 health professions in Australia.[4][5][6] While responsibility for regulation sits with 15 independent National Boards (such as the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia), Ahpra provides day-to-day services such as managing registration of and notifications (complaints) against practitioners on behalf of the National Boards.[7]
Ahpra and the National Board's primary purpose is to protect the health and safety of the Australian public through the registration and regulation of health practitioners, including delegating accreditation of education programs and maintaining the National Register of Health Practitioners.[8] Australia was the first country globally to introduce a national registration and accreditation scheme for regulating health practitioners.[9]
At the end of June 2024, there were 920,535 Ahpra-registered health practitioners, representing approximately 3.2% of the Australian population. In the 2023-24 financial year, Ahpra responded to 11,200 notifications about health practitioners, of which 2% resulted in practitioner de-registration and 10.9% resulted in other regulatory action.[10][a]
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- ^ "Annual Report 2023-24". Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
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