NURSING IN TASMANIA
The Nursing Act 1995 provides for the registration and enrolment of nurses and the regulation of the practice of nursing.
The purpose of the Act is to establish and maintain appropriate standards of education for nurses, regulate the practice of nursing and ensure safe standards of nursing care.
PLEASE NOTE: Nurses who have previously been registered/enrolled in Tasmania refer to Restoration of Name to Register/Roll
TASMANIAN GRADUATE NURSES
Tasmanian graduate nurses who are registering for the first time are required to apply for registration/enrolment under the Nursing Act 1995. Registration/Enrolment as a nurse under the Nursing Act 1995 (Tasmanian graduates only)
NURSES WITHOUT A CURRENT PRACTISING CERTIFICATE OR FROM OVERSEAS
Nurses who do not have a current practising certificate in another state of Australia or New Zealand, or are applying from an overseas jurisdiction, are also required to apply for registration under the Nursing Act 1995. Registration/Enrolment as a nurse under the Nursing Act 1995 (Interstate or Overseas nurses)
NURSES WITH A CURRENT PRACTISING CERTIFICATE IN ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN STATE
The Mutual Recognition Act 1992 provides for the registration and enrolment of nurses who have a current practising certificate in another state of Australia. Initial application under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992
NURSES WITH A CURRENT PRACTISING CERTIFICATE IN NEW ZEALAND
The Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 provides for the registration and enrolment of nurses who have a current practising certificate in New Zealand. Initial application under the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 (Commonwealth)
Nurses who have the appropriate current practising certificate are required to apply for registration under these Acts.
Initial application under the Nursing Act 1995.
www.thelaw.tas.gov.au
Requirements for applying for registration or enrolment under Sections 20 and 22 of the Nursing Act 1995
How to apply for registration or enrolment under this Act
Tasmanian Graduates
How to apply to register a Midwifery or Mental Health qualification.
Information Booklet for registered nurses seeking authorisation as a Nurse Practitioner
Additional Qualification Nurse Practitioner
Graduates from other Australian States
Graduates from Overseas
Information for nurses who undertook their educational preparation overseas.
Date of expiry of registration or enrolment
Initial application under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth .
Initial Application under Mutual Recognition Act
The Mutual Recognition Act 1992 recognises a need for fundamental regulatory reform to enhance the flexibility and competitiveness of the Australian economy. Under the provisions of the Act a person who has a current authority to practise in one State/Territory in an occupation recognised as equivalent to an occupation in another State/Territory, is eligible to be registered and to carry on that equivalent occupation in that second State or Territory.
This right may be exercised provided that certain conditions, including lodgement of a Statutory Declaration are met.
How to apply for registration or enrolment under this Act.
Initial application under the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 (Commonwealth)
Documents required to apply for registration under the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997
Cross Border Practice - Waiver of Fees
Cross Border Practice - Waiver of Fees
Recency of Practice Requirements
Competence to Practice Policy 2004
The Nursing Board of Tasmania recognises that, in the interests of public health and safety, nurses must be competent in their practise. Section 3 of the Nursing Act 1995 defines nursing practice as including nursing clinical practice, nursing education practice, nursing management practice and nursing research practice.
In order to meet the requirements of the Nursing Act 1995 and the Board's policy, applicants for entry to the register or roll, for authorisation to practise as a midwife and for restoration to the register or roll must provide satisfactory evidence of relevant nursing practice during the five years preceding the date of the application.
Pursuant to s50(6) the Board must not issue a new practising certificate to a nurse who has not actively practised in the 5 year period immediately preceding the due date unless it is satisfied that the person has sufficient physical capacity, mental capacity and competence to practise, is of good character and has an adequate command of the English language.
Re-entry to Practice Program Information for Nurses
Entry to Practice Program for Enrolled Nurses
Brief Description of Program
Post Registration (Re-entry) Program for Registered Nurses
Brief Description of Program
Annual Renewal
Application for Renewal of Practising Certificate
Nurses intending to practise in Tasmania must ensure that they have renewed their registration by 31 August each year.
Applications for this purpose are posted to every nurse on the Nurse database in the first week of July each year.
Applications can be forwarded to the Board by mail.
Fees can be paid by mail by cheque, credit card or money order.
Fees can also be paid in person by cash or EFTPOS.
The Nursing Act 1995 Section 91(1) states that a person is not entitled to recover a fee or other remuneration for a nursing service that he or she has provided on his or her own account unless he or she
was registered or enrolled, and the holder of a practising certificate, at the time the service was provided; and
if the service provided was in a restricted practice area – held an authorisation to practise in that restricted practice area at the time the service was provided.
Audit Process for Applications for renewal of Annual Practising Certificates
Notice of change of name or address
Fees
Other Useful Links
Credit Card Application Form
Credit Card Application Form
Restoration of Name to Register/Roll
Application for Restoration of Name to the Register/Roll
A person whose name has been removed from the register or roll or whose registration/enrolment has lapsed is entitled to apply to have their name restored to the register upon completion of an Application for Restoration of name to the Register/Roll and payment of the appropriate fee.
Replacement of Certificates
Application for Issue of Replacement Certificate
Replacement copies of lost/destroyed registration certificates and annual practising certificates are available upon request. A completed statutory declaration form is required to obtain a replacement certificate. The statutory declaration must provide the following information.
- Current full names, Date of Birth, Current Address and Register/Roll
- Registration number/s
- Signature of applicant
- Signature of witness
- Payment of fee
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