Division of Health Sciences
Students studying in the above programs have, or will have from mid 2012, student registration requirements under national and state legislation governing professional registration.
Students studying in programs leading to entry to the health
professions indicated above are required by
legislation to be registered on the Student Register of the relevant
Registration Board throughout their program. No student may remain
active in the program (even if not enrolled in courses) without holding
student registration.
Where annual student registration applies and students must individually
apply for registration (only for State based student registration in
Occupational therapy), students should note that their registration must
be maintained even if they are on leave from the program.
The University is required by legislation to ensure that students
studying in programs where student registration applies are on the
Student Register of the relevant Board. For this reason,
students without current student registration will lose their place in
the program.
No. Legislation does not allow fees to be charged for Student Registration.
Yes. The University is required by the legislation to submit student details to Boards when requested and is not therefore in breach of the Privacy Act in doing so.
No. Student registration is for students who are in a program leading to initial entry to a profession. Limited registration is for a person (including a postgraduate student) who is already a registered health professional in another country but is required to hold registration as a health professional in Australia while they complete a postgraduate program involving placement. Limited registration is also for a person who has completed a degree leading to entry to a profession but needs to complete an internship before full registration (such as in Pharmacy). The University has no involvement in the process of limited registration other than to ensure a student holds the registration where it is required for placement or for entry to a program. Limited registration does incur a fee.
No. The Board's English language standard does not apply for student
registration. The English language requirement of the University program
must be met by international students.
However, it is important for students to note the English language
requirements for registration in the profession on completion of your
program. These can be checked by going to the
Board Website/Registration
Standards/ English Language Standard. Occupational Therapy students
should go to their State Board
website. The English language standard for entry to the profession is
generally higher than the University's English requirements for entry to
the program. Students are encouraged to therefore take seriously the
need to develop their English language skills at every opportunity
throughout the degree.
The Registration Boards are responsible to provide this information.
Please monitor your Board's website regularly for information. Note that
the two new national Boards being established in 2012 (Occupational
Therapy and Medical Radiation Practice) will not have national websites
at this time.
Latest National Registration Board information on Student Registration.
Occupational Therapy: students currently receive notification of
their student registration direct from the State Board and must notify
their student registration ID number and expiry date to their School
Office. Registration is renewed annually and a renewal notice is sent by
the Board.
Once Occupational Therapy moves to national registration in July 2012,
the following information will apply.
For disciplines where national student registration applies: the
University notifies students once it receives notification from the
Boards that the students on the submitted lists are registered. Student
registration is for the duration of the program, that is, until the
Board is notified the student has withdrawn or has successfully
completed all the requirements of the program.
All students with previous State based student registration, in
disciplines where registration is now national, have been transitioned
to national registration (the exception being Occupational Therapy where
that transition will occur in 2012). National student registration is
for the duration of the program. There is therefore no requirement to
seek re-registration once your State registration card's expiry date
becomes due.
*Students in Occupational Therapy (where registration is still State
based) must actively monitor their student registration expiry date and
ensure their registration remains current.
Only Occupational Therapy students will have a current student registration card with a student registration ID number, issued by their State Board. National Boards are not currently issuing student registration cards/ID's and if you are asked for confirmation of your student registration by a placement provider please contact the Division Director: Services, Bronwen Webb.
If you have any general queries about student registration, please contact the relevant national Registration Board, or the Occupational Therapy Board of SA not the University. If you have any concerns about whether your name has been submitted to a National Registration Board for registration or about notification that you are registered, please contact your School Office.
State Board:
Occupational Therapy Board of SA
National Boards:
Nursing and Midwifery
Board of Australia
Pharmacy Board of Australia
Physiotherapy Board of
Australia
Podiatry Board of Australia
The legislation allows for an appeal process should registration be
refused or suspended.
If a student receives notification from a Board that their registration
has been refused, modified to include restrictions, or suspended, they
should immediately contact their Program Director (name available on the
program website) or:
Ms Bronwen Webb
Division Director: Services, Division of Health Sciences
Email:
bronwen.webb@unisa.edu.au Tel: (618) 8302 2288
If student registration is refused or suspended, the University may
offer the student a place in a program where student registration is not
required, if a place in such a program is available and the student
meets that program's entry requirements.
A student in this position should consider the likelihood of a second application for student registration being successful, before applying for the same program again. Application for admission is made through SATAC and the relevant Board's Student Registration processes would still apply.
The University is required by legislation to cancel the place of any
student not on a Board Student Register in a program where student
registration is a legislated requirement. The student may appeal the
University's decision to cancel the student's place in the program,
provided the registration process has subsequently been commenced and
the Board has confirmed that the application is being considered and
registration is likely to be successful.
The appeal must be made in writing to:
The Division Director: Services, Division of Health Sciences
University of South Australia
GPO Box 2471, Adelaide 5001.
(The appeal letter may be hand delivered to the Division Services
office, room P6-61, Level 6 Playford Building.)
The appeal should fully outline the circumstances that prevented the
student from previously complying with the student registration
requirement.
The student's enrolment would be re-instated only after notification was
received from the Board that student registration had been achieved. If
student registration was refused, the University may offer the student a
place in a program where registration is not required, if a place in
such a program is available and the student meets that program's entry
requirements.
Yes. The legislation makes this a responsibility of the University
for disciplines where National Registration applies. For Occupational
Therapy, both the student and the University have a responsibility to
notify the Board.
If you decide not to continue your studies and to withdraw from the
program, then you must complete a
"Withdraw
from Program" form available at Campus Central.
If a student does not formally withdraw from a program, but takes no
part in it for a period of time, they can be "deemed" to have withdrawn
in conditions outlined in the University's
Enrolment policy A48.5 and their place in the program will be
cancelled.
Under the
legislation, students who enrol in programs leading to registration
in one of the professions outlined above must
notify the Board of any medical fitness issue or impairment they have
that may put the public at substantial risk of harm. This should be done
at initial student registration and/or at any time during enrolment in
the program where such an issue may exist. Registration Boards have
strict privacy protocols to cover all notifications.
Under the legislation, the University and individual health
professionals (which includes University staff who are health
professionals) are required to notify the
Board if they consider a student to have a medical fitness issue or
impairment that may put the public at substantial risk of harm . The
University has processes to fairly handle a situation where a
notification about a student is made to a Board. These are outlined in
the
Assessment Policies and Procedures Manual (APPM), under "Practicum,
Field and Clinical Placements". (The APPM is annually reviewed.)
The final decision about fitness to practice is taken by the
Registration Board, not the University. Without limiting the outcomes of
any appeal process following a Board decision, the decision of the
Registration Board is final. In situations where a medical fitness issue
or impairment has caused the Board to refuse or suspend student
registration the University will discuss the available options with the
student. Options may include internal transfer to a program with no
student registration requirements, provided a place in the program is
available and the student meets the program's entry requirements.
Students have defined rights and responsibilities under the
legislation. It is important that students are aware of the content
of the legislation and their rights and responsibilities under it.
Students whose discipline is covered by the national legislation have a
mandatory responsibility to notify their
Board of particular 'relevant events' related to offences, convictions
and removal of registration in another country. Students must notify the
Board if they:
Students must keep the University informed of any change in relation to their registration status. This includes refusal of initial registration, suspension of registration or imposition of limitations on registration. Notification of any of these events should be made to your Program Director or the Division Director: Services.
It is important for students to continue to monitor their Board's
website as they get close to completion of their program. National
Boards invite completing students to 'pre-register'. This requires each
student to initiate the
professional
registration process with the relevant Board. The Board then
finalises the registration process on receipt of a list of eligible
students from the University.
The University's role in the
professional
registration process is limited to notification to the Board that a
student has successfully completed all the requirements of the program,
is eligible to apply for registration in the profession and can be
removed from the Student Register. Notification of a student's details
to the Board does not guarantee professional registration, which is
dependent on the Board's consideration of the applicant meeting all
registration requirements, for example, police clearance, English
language level compliance and submission of all required documentation.
It is the graduating student's responsibility to initiate the
professional registration process and to provide all the information and
documentation required by the Board. Professional registration does
incur a fee.
