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Registration Standards

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

Document name PDF Accessible format Date of effect
Pharmacy Criminal History Registration Standard PDF
(349KB)		 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 
(261KB)		 Word version 
(653KB,DOCX)		 1 July 2016
Registration Standard: Continuing professional development PDF 
(33.9KB)		 Word version 
(56.1KB,DOCX)		 1 December 2015 
Registration Standard: Recency of practice PDF 
(41.4KB) 		 Word version 
(366KB,DOCX)		 1 December 2015
Registration Standard: Supervised practice arrangements PDF 
(88.9KB) 		 Word version 
(648KB,DOCX)		 1 December 2015
Registration Standard: Examinations for eligibility for general registration PDF 
(63.6KB)		 Word version 
(653KB,DOCX) 		 1 December 2015
Pharmacy English language skills registration standard PDF 
(375KB)		 Word version
(577KB,DOCX)		 1 July 2015

Background information

Ministerial Council approves registration standards

Document name  PDF  Document date 
Approval of revised continuing professional development registration standard  PDF (207KB)  7 September 2015 
Approval of revised recency of practice registration standard  PDF (129KB)  7 September 2015 
Approval of revised professional indemnity insurance arrangements registration standard  PDF (174KB)  7 September 2015 
Approval of revised registration standards for:
  • Examinations for eligibility for general registration
  • Supervised practice arrangements
 		 PDF (140KB)  7 September 2015 
Approval of registration standards - revised criminal history registration standard  PDF (665KB)  30 April 2015 
Approval of registration standards - revised English language skills registration standard  PDF (1.10MB)  30 April 2015 
Approval of registration standards - revised professional indemnity insurance standard  PDF (41.5KB)  17 June 2010 
Approval of registration standards  PDF (467KB)  31 March 2010 

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

Retired versions

Document name PDF Accessible format Date of effect
Retired version: Pharmacy Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) arrangements standard PDF 
(293KB) 		   1 July 2010 to 30 June 2016 
Retired version: Pharmacy Criminal History Registration Standard PDF
(330KB)		   1 July 2010 to 30 June 2015
Retired version: Pharmacy Continuing Professional Development Registration Standard PDF
(225KB)		   1 July 2010 to 30 November 2015
Retired version: Pharmacy Recency of Practice Registration Standard PDF
(213KB)		   1 July 2010 to 30 November 2015
Retired version: Pharmacy Supervised practice arrangements Registration Standard PDF
(332KB)		   1 July 2010 to 30 November 2015
Retired version: Pharmacy Examinations for General Registration Standard PDF
(216KB)		   1 July 2010 to 30 November 2015
Retired version: Pharmacy English language skills registration standard PDF
(382KB)		   1 July 2010 to 30 June 2015
Retired version: Pharmacy Implementation of the English Language Skills Registration Standard PDF
(52.6KB)		   1 July 2012 to 30 June 2015
Retired version: Transitional arrangements policy for pharmacy limited and provisional registration applicants PDF
(180KB)		 Word version
(231KB,DOCX)		 1 August 2015 to 30 September 2015

Current and revised document differences

Document name PDF Accessible format Document date
Summary of changes to revised registration standards and CPD guidelines for pharmacists PDF
(29.7KB)		 Word version
(59.3KB,DOCX)		 30 October 2015

Exemption from Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

The following documents have been made available on this website in compliance with the National Law and also in the interest of transparency. Wherever possible, the Pharmacy Board of Australia provides web content in accessible formats. However in cases where the documents have been provided by other parties, accessible format files may not be available or be approved for use.

If you have difficulty accessing one of these documents, please contact AHPRA at [email protected], and we will attempt to provide you with an accessible version.

The Pharmacy Board notes that wherever possible, third party organisations are asked to provide documents in accessible formats. The Pharmacy Board will update documents on this website when accessible versions become available.

 
 
Page reviewed 17/08/2016