(1) An individual may apply to a National Board for registration in a health profession for which the Board is established.
(2) An application must--(a) be in the form approved by the National Board; and(b) be accompanied by the relevant fee; and(c) be accompanied by proof of the applicant's identity; and(d) be accompanied by any other information reasonably required by the Board.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2)(a), a form approved by a National Board for the purposes of that subsection must require an applicant--(a) to provide a declaration about--(i) the address at which the applicant will predominantly practise the profession; or(ii) if the applicant will not be practising the profession or will not predominantly practise the profession at one address, the address that is the applicant's principal place of residence; and(b) to provide an address to be used by the Board in corresponding with the applicant; and(c) to disclose the applicant's criminal history; and(d) to authorise the Board to obtain the applicant's criminal history.Note--: See the definition of
"criminal history" which applies to offences in participating jurisdictions and elsewhere, including outside Australia.
(4) A criminal history law does not apply to the requirement under subsection (3)(c) for the applicant to disclose the applicant's criminal history.
(5) Information in the application must, if the approved form requires, be verified by a statutory declaration.