Competent Authority Pathway Steps

Check whether you are eligible to competent authority pathway here

• Check whether your Primary Medical Qualification (PMQ) is acceptable.

The general principle is that it should be your institution must be listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools

• EPIC verification of your primary source verification or verification of your degree certificate
• Establish an AMC (Australian Medical Council) Account/ Portfolio. You will need your EPIC number to establish this.
• Start looking for jobs
• Ensure recency of practice
• Once you find a job, apply for Provisional registration  with APHRA
• After successfully completing 47 weeks of supervised practice, apply for General registration.

You may not need to take an English exam if you are applying via competent authority pathway.

AHPRA will accept successful completion of PLAB test as a proof of your English language ability provided they were obtained:

• within the two years before the date you lodge your application for registration, OR
• more than two years before the date you lodge your application for registration if, in the period since the test results were obtained, you:

1. have been in continuous employment as a registered health practitioner in the medical profession (which commenced within 12 months of the date of the test) in one of the recognised countries where English was the primary language of practice, and
2. lodge your application for registration within 12 months of finishing your last period of employment