Forms

Online applications

Online applications for general registration as an optometrist are available to:

• final-year students that are due to complete within the next twelve weeks an approved program of study, or
• graduates who have completed an approved program of study within the last two years, or
• Optometrists who hold a current annual practising certificate with the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board of New Zealand and who are applying for registration in Australia under the provisions of the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act.

For all other circumstances, please use the relevant downloadable form below.

Renewal of registration

General or non-practising registration

Online application for renewal of registration opens six to eight weeks before your registration expires. Ahpra will send you a reminder when your registration is due. Look for this as confirmation that online renewal is open.

If you do not renew your general or non-practising registration by 30 November each year, or within the following one month late period, your registration will lapse in accordance with the National Law and your name will be removed from the national register of practitioners. 

Limited registration

We no longer send hardcopy forms in the mail.

We will send you an email reminding you to renew three to four months before your registration expires.

To renew your limited registration, download the relevant form from the Ahpra provisional and limited registration page, complete it and send it back to us online.

Registration forms

The following downloadable forms relate to the optometry profession. Where indicated, some forms also have online submission options.

• Renewal of registration
• General registration
• Limited registration
• Endorsement of registration
• Non-practising registration

General registration

• Application for general registration as an optometrist - AGEN-50 (918 KB,PDF)
• Application for general registration as an optometrist with endorsement for scheduled medicines - AGED-50 (867 KB,PDF)
• Application for general registration as an optometrist for current non-practising registrants - AGNP-50 (771 KB,PDF)
• Application for review of conditions or undertakings - ARCD-00 (393 KB,PDF)

Limited registration

• Application for limited registration for teaching or research as an optometrist - ALTR-50 (1.55 MB,PDF)
• Application for limited registration for post graduate training or supervised practice in optometry - ALPS-50 (2.53 MB,PDF)

Endorsement of registration

• Application for endorsement of registration for scheduled medicines - AESM-50 (488 KB,PDF)

Non-practising registration

If you currently hold general registration, you can apply for non-practising registration using online services. Log in to your account to apply.

If you don't currently hold general registration, you can apply for non-practising registration by using the ANPC-50 form:

• Application for non-practising registration as an optometrist for previous registrants ANPC-50 (700 KB, PDF)

Continuing professional Development

• Application for exemption from continuing professional development – ECPD-50 (298 KB,PDF)

Supplementary information

Information about supporting documents required for registration is provided below.

• Certifying Documents 
• Standard Format for Curriculum Vitae
• Proof of Identity Requirements (65.6 KB,PDF), Word version (623 KB,DOCX)

Common application forms

See Common Application Forms for a complete list of forms that are not specific to the actual registration process.

Notification

To notify Ahpra about your concerns regarding a health practitioner, go to Make a Notification.