Psychology Board: General registration

An applicant for general registration holds a four-year accredited sequence of study in psychology approved by the Board and completed within the last ten years, or an overseas qualification the Board considers substantially equivalent or based on similar competencies, and has in addition completed a six-year sequence of education and training through one of the approved routes.

• Academic transcript and testamur for the accredited four-year sequence with completion date
• Overseas qualification assessment outcome where relied on
• Employer credentialing record matching the qualification to the Board's list of approved programs

• Four-year sequence completed more than ten years before application
• Unaccredited program relied on

The applicant must be a suitable person to hold general registration, must not be disqualified under the National Law or a co-regulatory jurisdiction's law from applying for or holding registration in psychology, and must meet every other approved registration standard that applies to general registration (criminal history, English language skills, professional indemnity insurance, recency of practice, CPD).

• Application declarations on suitability, disqualification and each other standard
• Supporting evidence bundle for criminal history, ELS, PII and recency

• Other standards treated as satisfied by default
• Prior disqualification in a co-regulatory jurisdiction not disclosed

The applicant provides evidence of having passed the National Psychology Examination, unless an exemption applies under the Board's Guidelines for the National Psychology Examination.

• National Psychology Examination result notice
• Board exemption decision where relied on

• Examination sat but result not within any validity the guidelines set
• Exemption assumed rather than granted

While registered as a provisional psychologist the applicant has completed one of: a Board-approved postgraduate qualification accredited as fifth and sixth years; all fifth and sixth year coursework and practicum of an accredited fifth to seventh year qualification with sufficient progress in the research thesis (certified by the Head of School); an accredited fifth year followed by a Board-approved 5+1 internship; a Board-approved 4+2 internship (closing, see pending changes); or an overseas qualification and supervised practice assessed as substantially equivalent plus a Board-approved transitional program unless exempt.

• Completion letter for the accredited fifth and sixth year program or internship sign-off
• Head of School certification of sufficient thesis progress where the fifth to seventh year route is used
• Transitional program completion record for overseas-qualified applicants

• Components of two different pathways combined
• Supervised practice completed while provisional registration had lapsed

General registration is renewed every year, and at renewal the psychologist meets the requirements of National Law ss 107 and 109, including the annual statement on each registration standard.

• Renewal confirmation for the current period
• Copy of the annual statement lodged

• Registration lapsed while still practising
• Annual statement completed without checking CPD and recency records