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What the Register shows you

This page tells you what information we display on our online register.

The register shows you whether a health professional is registered with us and, as a result, whether they are practising legally, safely and effectively, and they are entitled to use a protected title. If you cannot find your health professional on the register, you should assume they are not registered.

Registration shows you that a professional:

• has had a certain level of training or experience;
• meets our standards for their professional skills, behaviour, and health; and
• can legally practise using a protected title.

The full details displayed about each registrant are:

• their name;
• a unique identifier (their registration number);
• the date of their current registration cycle;
• the date their current registration cycle ends;
• any practice committee orders applying to the registrant, including interim orders; and
• the approximate geographical area in which they work.

This extra information is there to allow you to identify your health professional. It will also tell you if the professional has any orders made against them of a professional nature – in other words, if their practice has been restricted in some way, or they have been suspended.

What doesn’t the register show?
Anyone on the register must meet our standards so that they can practise legally, safely and effectively. The register will not show individual qualifications, seniority, or skill levels. However, as a condition of registration, registrants must only practise within their ability and skills.

The register does not display a full home address or work address. The information displayed is just so that you can check identify the health professional whose registration you are checking.

View online Register