Schedule of Oral Examinations

In Registration:

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) conducts oral examinations in each State and Territory on behalf of the Pharmacy Board of Australia.  The number of days on which examinations will be conducted in each jurisdiction will vary.  Candidates will be informed by their local AHPRA office in writing of the date and location of their examination after the application closing date.

Please Note:

  1. Applicants seeking entry to the oral examinations must meet the entry criteria as published in the Oral Examination Candidate Guide which are that applicants must:
    1. have completed 75% of the 1824 approved supervised practice hours required for registration (1368 hours) prior to the commencement date of the scheduled oral examination period; and
    2. hold a current pass in the Board’s written examination prior to the oral examination application closing date.
  2. Applicants who do not meet the entry criteria by the published oral examination application closing date are ineligible to undertake that oral examination.
  3. Applications received from applicants who have not met the entry criteria for the oral examination by the published application closing date will be returned to the applicant.

In 2012, the oral examinations will be conducted in each State and Territory in:

February/March 2012
The examination period will commence 6 February 2012 and conclude on 3 March 2012.

The closing date for applications is 23 December 2011. Late application will not be accepted.

June/July 2012
The examination period will commence 4 June 2012 and conclude on 29 June 2012.

The closing date for applications is 20 April 2012. Late application will not be accepted.

October/November 2012
The examination period will commence 8 October 2012 and conclude on 2 November 2012.

The closing date for applications is 31 August 2012. Late application will not be accepted.

 

To contact AHPRA examination officers phone 1300 419 495.

AHPRA Examination Officers are:

 

Tasmania

Kaye Veal

Victoria

Andrew Lew
Cassie Fersterer

New South Wales

Dennis Leung
Majella Hill

Queensland

Merrill Woodhouse

South Australia

Peter Halstead
Michael Broadbent

Northern Territory

Anthony McEachran

Australian Capital Territory

Susan Knight

Western Australia

Richard Smirk

The oral examination dates for 2013 have not yet been finalised and may vary from the dates set in 2012.