Scheduled Maintenance
This website will be unavailable between 8:00am and 5:00pm Sunday 6th April 2025 AEST for regular maintenance. Ahpra’s practitioner portal and other online services will not be available. The online public Register of practitioners will be available. We apologise for any inconvenience.
We're still here to help: We're sorry our phones are busy. We recommend you make an online enquiry, at the moment you can expect a response in 7-10 business days.Be alert to scammers: Only log in to the Ahpra portal direct from the Ahpra website www.ahpra.gov.au.
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The Optometry Board of Australia supports safe practice by publishing regulatory standards, codes and guidelines, updates and other resources for optometrists, employers, students and the public.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are warned this site may contain images, names and voices of deceased persons.
REGISTRATION
Your practitioner portal is here
Whether you want to apply for registration or check the status of your application, renew your registration or update your contact details, your Ahpra practitioner portal makes it easier, faster and more secure.
BOARD NEWS
2023/24 annual report out now
Read about the work of the Optometry Board of Australia and find data about Australia’s optometrists.
English language skills standard now in effect
More flexible English language skills pathways are now in effect for applicants.
LEGAL REFORMS
Changes to the law governing health practitioners
Wide-ranging reforms of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law focused on public safety.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Practitioner search
Look up your optometrist to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Eliminating racism from healthcare
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy
EDUCATION
Search approved programs of study
Find the education and training programs that can lead to registration as an optometrist.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Translations available
Read about safe healthcare practice and COVID-19 in Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Greek, Italian or Vietnamese.
PODCAST
Conversations about safe healthcare
On our Taking care podcast we talk with the community about the safe delivery of healthcare in Australia.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Join a board, committee or panel
Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?
CODES AND GUIDELINES
Shared code of conduct
Learn about the behaviour that is expected of practitioners in 12 regulated health professions.
REGISTRATION
Audit requirements
Audits ensure optometrists are meeting their mandatory registration standards.
BOARD NEWS
2023/24 annual report out now
Read about the work of the Optometry Board of Australia and find data about Australia’s optometrists.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Resources supporting the public
Ahpra and the National Boards have published information for the public to help make safer healthcare choices.
GET INVOLVED
Apply to join a Board committee
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to join the Board’s Policy Education Committee and Registration and Notifications committee.
BOARD NEWS
Apply now to join the Board
There is a vacancy for a practitioner member from Victoria and a community member with no jurisdictional requirements on the Board.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Practitioner search
Look up your optometrist to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Translations available
Read about safe healthcare practice and COVID-19 in Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Greek, Italian or Vietnamese.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Eliminating racism from healthcare
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy
EDUCATION
Search approved programs of study
Find the education and training programs that can lead to registration as an optometrist.
PODCAST
Conversations about safe healthcare
On our Taking care podcast we talk with the community about the safe delivery of healthcare in Australia.
LEGAL REFORMS
Changes to the law governing health practitioners
Wide-ranging reforms of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law focused on public safety.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Join a board, committee or panel
Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?
BOARD NEWS
2023/24 annual report out now
Read about the work of the Optometry Board of Australia and find data about Australia’s optometrists.
PRACTITIONER SUPPORT
Supporting safe healthcare
Check out the resource hub that supports professional practice and safe healthcare by all regulated health professionals, including optometrists.
BOARD NEWS
Apply now to join the Board
There is a vacancy for a practitioner member from Victoria and a community member with no jurisdictional requirements on the Board.
CODES AND GUIDELINES
Shared code of conduct
Learn about the behaviour that is expected of practitioners in 12 regulated health professions.
REGISTRATION
Audit requirements
Audits ensure optometrists are meeting their mandatory registration standards.
LEGAL REFORMS
Changes to the law governing health practitioners
Wide-ranging reforms of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law focused on public safety.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Eliminating racism from healthcare
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy
EDUCATION
Search approved programs of study
Find the education and training programs that can lead to registration as an optometrist.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Join a board, committee or panel
Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?
PUBLIC SAFETY
Practitioner search
Look up your optometrist to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.
PRACTITIONER SUPPORT
'Ready to work' webinar now available
This webinar for new graduates can help them understand what is required of them as they prepare to start work.
PRACTITIONER SUPPORT
Supporting safe healthcare
Check out the resource hub that supports professional practice and safe healthcare by all regulated health professionals, including optometrists.
CODES AND GUIDELINES
Shared code of conduct
Learn about the behaviour that is expected of practitioners in 12 regulated health professions.
EDUCATION
Search approved programs of study
Find the education and training programs that can lead to registration as an optometrist.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Practitioner search
Look up your optometrist to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.
REGISTRATION
Audit requirements
Audits ensure optometrists are meeting their mandatory registration standards.
LEGAL REFORMS
Changes to the law governing health practitioners
Wide-ranging reforms of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law focused on public safety.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Eliminating racism from healthcare
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Join a board, committee or panel
Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?
REGISTRATION
International optometrists
To work as an optometrist in Australia you must be registered with the Optometry Board of Australia. Some overseas-trained optometrists may need to meet specific requirements before being registered.
REGISTRATION
Want to work in Australia?
General information about applying to work as a health practitioner in Australia is available for international applicants. Find out about the process and what you must include in your application.