December 2024
Ahpra and National Boards (except for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia) have published advance copies of the revised Registration standards: English Language Skills (the ELS standards). These include:
- the Common English language skills standard which applies to all applicants for initial registration in Chinese medicine, chiropractic, dental, medical, medical radiation, occupational therapy, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry and psychology, and
- the Nursing and Midwifery ELS standard, which applies to all applicants for initial registration as enrolled nurses, registered nurses and midwives.
Advance copies of the ELS standards are available on the Ahpra website. Please note that the 2015 ELS standards will remain current until the revised ELS standards come into effect by April 2025. We are focusing on improving the applicant experience and will provide more specific information about when the standard will come into effect in early 2025.
Read the news item for further information about the updates to the ELS standard and what you need to know about any changes before they come into effect.
Registration standards define the requirements that applicants, registrants or students need to meet to be registered. For additional information, please refer to the codes and guidelines and frequently asked questions pages.
The Dental Board of Australia has developed the following registration standards:
Document |
PDF |
Accessible format |
Date of effect |
Scope of practice registration standard |
PDF (149KB) |
Webpage |
1 July 2020 |
Continuing professional development registration standard |
PDF (193KB) |
Word version
(379KB,DOCX) |
1 December 2015 |
Criminal history registration standard |
PDF (249KB) |
Word version
(574KB,DOCX) |
1 July 2015 |
Endorsement for conscious sedation registration standard |
PDF (308KB) |
Word version
(373 KB,DOCX) |
27 October 2015 |
English language skills registration standard |
PDF (225KB) |
Word version
(72.8KB,DOCX) |
1 July 2015 |
General registration for overseas-qualified dental practitioners registration standard |
PDF (321KB) |
|
20 December 2011 |
Limited registration for teaching or research registration standard |
PDF (276KB) |
|
20 December 2011 |
Limited registration for postgraduate training or supervised practice registration Standard |
PDF (282KB) |
|
20 December 2011 |
Registration standard: Professional indemnity insurance arrangements
Additional information about this standard is available on the AHPRA website. |
PDF (264KB) |
Word version
(358KB,DOCX) |
1 July 2016 |
Recency of practice registration standard |
PDF (200KB) |
Word version
(360 KB,DOCX) |
1 December 2015 |
Specialist registration standard
Dental list of recognised specialties, related specialist titles and definitions |
PDF (202KB)
PDF (53.3KB)
|
|
1 July 2010
1 October 2017 |
Retired versions
Document |
PDF |
Date of effect |
Retired version: Scope of practice registration standard |
PDF (305KB) |
To 30 June 2020 |
Retired version: Professional indemnity insurance registration standard |
PDF (214KB) |
To 30 June 2016 |
Retired version: Continuing professional development registration standard |
PDF (216KB) |
To 30 November 2015 |
Retired version: Recency of practice registration standard |
PDF (220KB) |
To 30 November 2015 |
Retired version: Criminal history registration standard |
PDF (323KB) |
To 30 June 2015 |
Retired version: English language skills registration standard |
PDF (323KB) |
To 30 June 2015 |
Retired version: Endorsement conscious sedation registration standard |
PDF (321KB) |
To 26 October 2015 |
Retired version: Scope of practice registration standard |
PDF (219KB) |
To 29 June 2014 |
Retired version: Dental list of recognised dental specialties, related specialist titles, and definitions |
PDF (318KB) |
To 30 September 2017 |