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The Optometry Board of Australia works to ensure that Australia's optometrists are suitably trained, qualified and safe to practise. Public safety is our priority.
Want to register as an optometrist?
How to apply
Concerned about an optometrist?
How to report
Professional practice resources
Board-approved scheduled medicines
Registration certificate download
Audit requirements
Checking my renewal status
Renew my registration
Check my renewal application
I am a health practitioner and a notification has been made about me
Download my registration certificate
Update my contact details
Request for Certificate of Registration Status (CORS)
Check employee registration status
Find out about our Practitioner Information Exchange service
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The Optometry Board of Australia supports safe practice by publishing regulatory standards, codes and guidelines, updates and other resources for optometrists, employers, students and the public.
REGISTRATION STANDARDS
Requirements for registration
CODES AND GUIDELINES
Current policies
BOARD NEWS
Our latest newsletter
NOTIFICATIONS
How we manage concerns about practitioners
REGISTRATION
Optometry Board of Australia sets fee for 2023
Graduates finishing study in the next three months can apply for registration now
DATA AND STATISTICS
Quarterly registration data released
GET INVOLVED
We want to hear your thoughts on how the Criminal history registration standard should be applied.
LEGAL REFORMS
Wide-ranging reforms of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law focused on public safety.
I have a concern. Am I in the right place?
What happens when someone reports a concern?
Who is required to make a mandatory notification?
CPD
CPD documents for practitioners
CPD questions answered
CPD registration standard (PDF 75KB)
PUBLIC SAFETY
Look up your optometrist to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Working towards a healthcare system free of racism.
A guide to help the public know what to expect (PDF 46KB)
Optometrists have a code of conduct that sets out the standards expected of them
The code of conduct is translated into Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Greek, Italian and Vietnamese
RESOURCES
Registration standards
Codes, guidelines and policies
Fact sheets and FAQs
Resources supporting your professional practice
PRACTITIONER SUPPORT
EDUCATION
Find the education and training programs that can lead to registration as an optometrist.
Read about safe healthcare practice and COVID-19 in Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Greek, Italian or Vietnamese.
PODCAST
On our Taking care podcast we talk with the community about the safe delivery of healthcare in Australia.
Through listening to the experiences of Indigenous practitioners, we aim to increase and support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce.
EMPLOYER SERVICES
Practitioner information exchange (PIE)
Check multiple registrations
Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?
TRIBUNAL SUMMARY
We publish summaries of court and tribunal outcomes to help practitioners and the public understand safe practice and acceptable and unacceptable levels of care and behaviour.
Learn about the behaviour that is expected of practitioners in 12 regulated health professions.
Read the registration standard and guidelines for optometrists who are granted an endorsement for scheduled medicines.
Audits ensure optometrists are meeting their mandatory registration standards.
This standard sets out the requirements of limited registration for postgraduate training or supervised practice.
Statistics
Demographic snapshot
Annual report
Health profession agreement
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to join the Board’s Policy Education Committee and Registration and Notifications committee.
Standards for optometrists
Limited registration for postgraduate training or supervised practice
Limited registration for teaching or research