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Check treating professional details SGP KP Publishing
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Table of Contents
1 Recent updates …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4
2 Before you start …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
3 Check treating health professional details ……………………………………………………………… 6
4 Next steps …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
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This article provides guidance for an access delegate to check treating health professional details.
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1 Recent updates
November 2023
Title changed from ‘Check treating health professional details to come into line with companion article ‘Record treating professional details’ and OG – Applying AHPRA URL added to 2nd instruction to check details of treating health professional.
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2 Before you start
You have read and understood:
Our Guideline – Applying, in particular How do we decide if you’re eligible?
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3 Check treating health professional details
When assessing a person’s NDIS application, you must check that evidence regarding a person’s disability is provided from a suitably accredited and/or registered treating professional. To check and confirm their details, use the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) website.
For all evidence of disability documents:
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Obtain the treating health practitioner details
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Refer to the AHPRA website
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Navigate to the Look up a practitioner section in the top right-hand corner of the page
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Review the list of professions that can be confirmed in AHPRA
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Search for each treating health professional via Name or Registration Number
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Use the filters if you need to refine the search results
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Select the relevant treating professional
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Review to check they have current qualifications and registration.
Note: All evidence from a treating professional with a profession listed in AHPRA must be checked to make sure they are currently registered. For a list of AHPRA regulated professions visit the AHPRA website.
If you have any concerns about the evidence of the treating professional details, you should escalate as an integrity issue.
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4 Next steps
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To learn more about integrity issues, refer to article Escalate application integrity issue.
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To record the AHPRA registration number of a treating professional refer to article Record treating professional details.
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