CPD requirement checker

Check your AHPRA CPD requirement before you start logging.

Pick your profession to see the hours or credits CPDKeep will set up for your account, the relevant renewal timing, and the official source behind the rule.

Profession

Optometrist

20 hours

Cycle: 20 hours per year (annual cycle)
Renewal: 30 November

Optometrists must complete at least 20 hours of CPD each registration year, with additional obligations possible for scheduled medicines endorsements and CPR training.

Registration year: 1 December to 30 November; AHPRA registration renewal is 30 November.

Optometrists complete at least 20 hours of CPD each registration year under the current standard.

Category and topic requirements

Scope-relevant CPD: The standard does not set a fixed CPDKeep category split for non-endorsed optometrists; CPD must improve patient outcomes and be relevant to practice.

Standalone requirements

CPR training: Maintain CPR training in line with Optometry Board CPD guidelines.

Caveats

Optometrists with a scheduled medicines endorsement must check the additional endorsement-related CPD requirement.
The retired pre-December 2020 points-based biennial model is not used for new CPDKeep defaults.

Optometry requirement data configures CPDKeep's default non-endorsed annual target. Endorsed optometrists should confirm additional CPD and CPR obligations against current Optometry Board guidance.

Official source

Optometry Board CPD registration standard and guidelines

Source reviewed 29 June 2026. Next review due 30 Sept 2026.

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Spreadsheet to app

Move existing CPD records into an app workflow.

CPDKeep is not just a static template. After signup, you can use the import workflow to review parsed activities, confirm hours or credits, and add them to your CPD log.

Start migration path

Select profession

Set the correct CPD requirement before your account is created.

Review imports

Confirm parsed dates, categories, and hours or credits in CPDKeep.

Track progress

See imported and new activities against the same requirement.