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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

The OsteoBA has agreed to temporarily accept additional English language tests. Please see news information here. Currently, as stated in the ELS registration standard, there is no osteopath specific Occupational English Test (OET). The Board has agreed that while the temporary acceptance is in place an OET test for any other registered health profession under the National Scheme, that meets the OET test requirements and all other requirements set out in the standard, will meet the Board’s ELS requirements for registration.		 PDF 
(375KB)		 Word version
(577KB,DOCX)		 1 July 2015
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:
 N/A 7 September 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:
  • 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: 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.

 
 
Page reviewed 1/09/2022