To work with us, you need to gain and maintain registration with the Medical Board of Australia (MBA). There are 4 main types of registration for Australian and New Zealand trained practitioners:
To register with the MBA, you’ll need to meet their registration standards.
If you’re an internationally qualified medical practitioner, you need to gain and maintain registration with the MBA. To get registration, you need to be eligible to undertake one of the following pathways.
Your level of registration must allow you to:
- start employment with us and continue to meet the requirements of your employment
- perform the full duties and responsibilities of your role with us
- legally practice your profession in your role in accordance with the national law.
Your responsibilities
It’s your responsibility to make sure your registration is current. This includes during periods of extended leave, including:
- leave with or without pay
- secondments
- acting or higher duties arrangements
- extended breaks between casual engagements.
If the status of your registration changes, you need to let your manager know straight away. This includes but isn’t limited to:
- suspension
- conditions
- restrictions
- undertakings
- notations
- reprimands
- cautions.
The hospital and health service you work for will check your credentials in accordance with the credentialing and defining the scope of clinical practice process.
Renewal of registration
You must renew general, specialist and non-practising registration by 30 September each year.
Provisional and limited registration must be renewed each year by the anniversary of the date it was granted. If your registration was granted for less than 12 months, you'll need to renew it earlier.
If you apply to renew your registration within one month after it expires, you can continue practising while your application is processed. You must remain on the Register of Practitioners to keep practising.
The MBA limits the number of times you can renew provisional and limited registration. Once you reach the limit, you must submit a new application. To stay on the Register of Practitioners, your new application must be approved before your current provisional or limited registration expires.
Private practice
If you’re a senior medical officer working for us, you can work in a private practice as part of your employment. This is under the Medical Officers’ (Queensland Health) Certified Agreement (No.7) 2025 (MOCA 7).
To do this, you’ll need to enter into a Granted Private Practice agreement.
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