Applying for registration

You can lodge your application for registration, and supporting documentation, by post or in person at an Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) office in the state or territory in which you plan to live and work.

All applications from overseas applicants are subject to the same assessment regardless of where the application is lodged.

We do not accept applications by email because we need your original signature (not a scanned signature) on the application documents.

Applying for registration does not guarantee that you will be granted registration. Granting registration is a decision of the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (the Board) (or its delegate).

The Board and Ahpra rely on the documents you submit with your application form to accurately assess your application for registration. Please ensure that all supporting documents meet the Ahpra certification and translation guidelines.

The Board and Ahpra view fraud very seriously and will carefully review the responses and documents you provide in support of your application. If you provide false or misleading responses or documents with your application, your registration will be refused.

To enable us to assess your application, you need to provide ALL of the supporting documents identified in the application forms. Your application cannot be assessed until we receive all of these documents.

If you hold more than one qualification

When we assess your application, we will consider all your qualifications, as long as they are related to the practice of diagnostic radiographer, radiation therapist and/or nuclear medicine technologist (or equivalent profession in the country where you completed your studies). We recommend you provide the required supporting documents for all your qualifications with your application. Please note certificates of attendance at professional development activities and conferences are not qualifications under the National Law.

English language skills

Applicants for registration in Australia are required to demonstrate English language skills to be suitable for registration. For full details of the English language requirements please read the English language skills registration standard.

For further information on English language requirements visit the English language skills section of the Ahpra website.

Further information

Before applying for registration as a medical radiation practitioner in Australia you must ensure you are familiar with the Board’s standards, codes and guidelines which set out the requirements for obtaining and maintaining registration in Australia. Click on the links below to access the documents.

• Registration standards
• Codes and Guidelines 

Further information is also available in fact sheets and FAQ and on the international health practitioners page of the Ahpra website.

All the Board’s application and reporting forms along with supplementary information for applicants are available online or at the legacy hardcopy forms page.

You need to supply:

• Official documents for all your medical radiation practice qualifications:
  • Certified copy of course certificate awarded (e.g. degree)
  • Certified copy of your academic transcript
• proof of any change of name
• proof of identity
• a Statement of Service from your employer(s) covering the past five years
• a signed and dated curriculum vitae that describes your full practice history and contains all the elements as defined in Ahpra’s standard format for curriculum vitae
• Proof that you meet the Board's English language skills registration standard:
• Evidence that you have completed sufficient education taught and assessed in English according to the requirements set out in the English language skills registration standard
  OR
• A copy of your Board-approved English language test result. Please see the English language skills registration standard for more information.

Fees for international applications:

• Application fee
• Overseas assessment fee
• Registration fee

Note: the application and overseas assessment fees are non-refundable. 

• If relevant or applicable you need to supply a separate sheet with an explanation of circumstances of your criminal history in Australia
• a separate sheet with an explanation of circumstances of your criminal history in another country
• a separate sheet with details of your impairment and how it is managed
• a separate sheet with your disqualification details in Australia or another country
• a separate sheet with details of your conduct, performance or health proceedings in Australia or another country
• a separate sheet with your current suspension or cancellation details in Australia or another country, and
• a separate sheet with your previous cancellation, refusal or suspension details

To be supplied directly to Ahpra from regulatory authorities:

Certificate of Registration Status (CORS) or Certificate of Good Standing (COGS) from every jurisdiction outside of Australia in which you are currently, or have previously been, registered during the past five years.

Note 1: if the regulatory authority sends a CORS, it must include information on your standing.
Note 2: CORS and COGS are valid for three months from date of issue.