Registration Standards

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

Document name	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Continuing Professional Development Registration Standard	PDF (144KB)	Word version (53.8KB,DOCX)	1 December 2015
Criminal History Registration Standard	PDF (249KB)	Word version (574KB,DOCX)	1 July 2015
English Language Skills Registration Standard Additional information about this standard is available on the Ahpra website There is currently no profession-specific Occupational English Test (OET) for osteopaths. The Board has agreed that an OET test from another profession regulated under the National Scheme that meets the requirements as set out in the English language skills registration standard, will be accepted.	PDF (268KB)		18 March 2025
Registration Standard: Professional Indemnity Insurance Arrangements Additional information about this standard is available on the AHPRA website.	PDF (269KB)	Word version (85.1KB,DOCX)	1 July 2016
Recency of Practice Registration Standard	PDF (162KB)	Word version (372KB,DOCX)	1 December 2015

For more information, please see FAQ and Fact Sheets.

The Board holds public consultations where interested persons can provide feedback to help shape Registration Standards, Codes and Guidelines, and policies. For more information, please go to the current consultations page.

Ministerial Council directions and approvals

The following directions or approvals given by Ministerial Council to the Osteopathy 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: Continuing Professional Development Recency of Practice Professional Indemnity Insurance Arrangements	N/A	7 September 2015
Ministerial Council approval letters for the following registration standards are published on the AHPRA website: Criminal history English language skills	N/A	21 June 2024 14 November 2024
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 (243KB)	31/03/2010

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Document date

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

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7 September 2015

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

N/A

21 June 2024
14 November 2024

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 (243KB)

31/03/2010

Retired versions

Document name	PDF	Document date
Retired version: English Language Skills Registration	PDF (649 KB)	1 July 2015 to 17 March 2025
Retired version: Professional Indemnity Insurance Registration Standard	PDF (227KB)	To 30 June 2016
Retired version: Criminal History Registration Standard	PDF (332KB)	To 30 June 2015
Retired version: English Language Skills Registration Standard	PDF (333KB)	To 30 June 2015
Retired version: Continuing Professional Development Registration Standard	PDF (227KB)	To 30 November 2015
Retired version: Recency of Practice Registration Standard	PDF (330KB)	To 30 November 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 Osteopathy 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 webservices@ahpra.gov.au, and we will attempt to provide you with an accessible version.