Public-source-only reporting
Requirements source and change report
This is CPDKeep's source-linked report of requirement records for the professions we support. It is derived only from our existing profession registry and public requirement-review changelog—never from account, activity, evidence, or production user data.
CPDKeep—not Ahpra or a National Board—prepared this report. It is not regulator-approved, clinical or legal advice, or a compliance determination. Requirements can depend on registration type and individual circumstances; confirm the current primary source before acting.
By CPDKeep Team · Report date
Supported profession coverage
16 supported profession records link to 15 distinct primary Board sources. A summary below describes the CPDKeep registry record; the linked source remains the place to check current requirements.
Source reverified; no recorded change
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner
CPDKeep registry summary: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners must complete at least 20 hours of CPD each registration year, including interactive CPD, and keep a portfolio that supports audit evidence.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
CPDKeep registry record changed
Chinese Medicine Practitioner
CPDKeep registry summary: Chinese medicine practitioners must complete at least 20 hours of CPD each registration year, including interactive CPD and professional-issues learning, and maintain a portfolio of learning goals, planned CPD activities, reflection and activity evidence.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Source reverified; no recorded change
Chiropractor
CPDKeep registry summary: Chiropractors must complete 20 hours of CPD each registration year and maintain first aid, including CPR, in line with Board guidance.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Source reverified; no recorded change
Dental Practitioner
CPDKeep registry summary: Dental practitioners must complete 60 hours over each 3-year CPD cycle, with most activity clinically or scientifically based.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Source reverified; no recorded change
Medical Practitioner
CPDKeep registry summary: Medical practitioners must complete 50 hours of CPD each calendar year, including educational activities, reviewing performance, measuring outcomes, core content, a professional development plan, and CPD home registration unless exempt.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Source reverified; no recorded change
Medical Radiation Practitioner
CPDKeep registry summary: Medical radiation practitioners must complete 60 hours over each 3-year CPD cycle, including at least 10 hours in any one year and substantive CPD.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Source reverified; no recorded change
Midwife
CPDKeep registry summary: Midwives must generally complete at least 20 hours of CPD each registration year, with activities relevant to their context and scope of practice.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Source reverified; no recorded change
Nurse
CPDKeep registry summary: Nurses must generally complete at least 20 hours of CPD each registration year, with activities relevant to their context and scope of practice.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Source reverified; no recorded change
Occupational Therapist
CPDKeep registry summary: Occupational therapists must complete at least 20 hours of CPD each registration year, including interactive CPD.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
CPDKeep registry record changed
Optometrist
CPDKeep registry summary: Optometrists must complete at least 20 hours of CPD each registration year, including 5 interactive hours and no more than 5 non-clinical or non-scientific hours, and complete CPR training; scheduled medicines endorsement adds requirements.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Source reverified; no recorded change
Osteopath
CPDKeep registry summary: Osteopaths must complete 25 hours of CPD each registration year, including four hours on Board mandatory topics, and maintain a current senior first aid certificate or equivalent.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Source reverified; no recorded change
Paramedic
CPDKeep registry summary: Paramedics must complete at least 30 hours of CPD each registration year, including interactive CPD, and keep a portfolio that supports audit evidence.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Source reverified; no recorded change
Pharmacist
CPDKeep registry summary: Pharmacists must complete 40 CPD credits each CPD year ending 30 September, with at least 20 credits from Group 2 and/or Group 3 activities.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Source reverified; no recorded change
Physiotherapist
CPDKeep registry summary: Physiotherapists must complete at least 20 hours of relevant CPD each registration year.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
CPDKeep registry record changed
Podiatrist
CPDKeep registry summary: Podiatrists must generally complete 20 hours of CPD each registration year, including 5 interactive hours, and maintain CPR evidence; surgeons and endorsed practitioners have additional requirements.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Source reverified; no recorded change
Psychologist
CPDKeep registry summary: Psychologists must complete 30 hours of CPD each registration year, including at least 10 hours of peer consultation.
- Source effective
- Registry source reviewed
- Latest changelog review
- Next scheduled source review
Recorded review outcomes
“Changed” means the public CPDKeep changelog recorded a registry fact change for the named profession. “Reverified” means that review recorded no fact change. Neither outcome certifies a practitioner's obligations.
Five Board sources reviewed; Chinese Medicine portfolio omission corrected
Reviewed
Five current public Board sources were reviewed. CPDKeep corrected a registry omission: Chinese Medicine requires a CPD portfolio documenting learning goals, planned activities, reflection and activity evidence.
The effective Board standards did not change. Chinese Medicine's existing 20-hour total, five interactive hours and four professional-issues hours remain unchanged. Nursing, midwifery, paramedicine and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice were reverified without requirement fact changes.
- Registry records changed
- Chinese Medicine Practitioner
- Sources reverified without a recorded fact change
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner, Midwife, Nurse, Paramedic
Eleven National Board sources reviewed; podiatry and optometry details corrected
Reviewed
Current public National Board standards and guidance were checked for eleven professions. CPDKeep now records existing interactive CPD requirements for podiatry and optometry, and the optometry non-clinical CPD limit.
The effective Board standards and core CPD totals did not change. The podiatry and optometry details correct omissions in CPDKeep's prior summary; endorsement and surgeon obligations remain practitioner-specific rather than included in default targets.
- Registry records changed
- Optometrist, Podiatrist
- Sources reverified without a recorded fact change
- Chiropractor, Dental Practitioner, Medical Practitioner, Medical Radiation Practitioner, Occupational Therapist, Osteopath, Pharmacist, Physiotherapist, Psychologist
Nursing, pharmacy, and psychology sources re-verified
Reviewed
Nursing, pharmacy, and psychology requirement records were checked against the current public National Board standards and guidance.
The effective requirement facts recorded by CPDKeep did not change. The public profession pages now explain existing Board details more clearly; draft consultation proposals are not treated as effective requirements.
- Registry records changed
- None recorded
- Sources reverified without a recorded fact change
- Nurse, Pharmacist, Psychologist
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice source added
Reviewed
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice requirement registry records were added after checking current public Board CPD source links.
The Board page noted CPD and recency standards were under consultation until 17 July 2026. CPDKeep records the current effective standard reviewed on 7 July 2026 and does not infer future consultation outcomes.
- Registry records changed
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner
- Sources reverified without a recorded fact change
- None recorded
Chinese medicine, paramedicine, and midwifery sources added
Reviewed
Chinese medicine, paramedicine, and standalone midwifery requirement registry records were added after checking current public National Board CPD source links. Nursing remains a separate profile value.
The public Board pages noted CPD and recency standards were under consultation until 17 July 2026. CPDKeep records the current effective standards reviewed on 3 July 2026 and preserves legacy nursing/midwifery profiles as nursing.
- Registry records changed
- Chinese Medicine Practitioner, Midwife, Paramedic
- Sources reverified without a recorded fact change
- Nurse
Core AHPRA profession sources re-verified
Reviewed
Medical, nursing and midwifery, pharmacy, dental, psychology, and physiotherapy requirement registry records were checked against their public Board source links.
No underlying CPD requirement facts were changed in this public changelog entry; the registry source metadata was re-verified.
- Registry records changed
- None recorded
- Sources reverified without a recorded fact change
- Dental Practitioner, Medical Practitioner, Nurse, Pharmacist, Physiotherapist, Psychologist
Allied health Board sources re-verified
Reviewed
Occupational therapy, osteopathy, podiatry, optometry, medical radiation practice, and chiropractic requirement registry records were checked against their public Board source links.
No underlying CPD requirement facts were changed in this public changelog entry; the registry source metadata was re-verified.
- Registry records changed
- None recorded
- Sources reverified without a recorded fact change
- Chiropractor, Medical Radiation Practitioner, Occupational Therapist, Optometrist, Osteopath, Podiatrist
Public benchmark publication method
Benchmarks are withheld
No live aggregate benchmark is published.
Public benchmarks are withheld until every privacy and sample-quality gate passes. This page publishes methodology and thresholds only; it does not publish a live aggregate benchmark.
The publication gate is separate from this requirements report. It fails closed: missing, invalid, contradictory, suppressed, small-cell, user-level, raw-evidence, or forbidden-field input cannot pass. Every threshold below must pass at the same time.
- Minimum aggregate cohort
- At least 30 observations, including every published cell.
- Observation window
- At least 90 days.
- Completeness
- At least 80% complete.
- Independent periods
- At least 2 independent observation periods.
- Source and methodology
- Approval must be explicitly true.
- Privacy and fields
- Privacy review must pass, with aggregate-only data and no suppressed, identifying, user-level, or raw-evidence fields.