Practising Psychologist Alerts

August 2015

Changes to the English language skills registration standards for health professionals registered under AHPRA, including psychologists, were introduced from 1 July 2015. The registration standard has been reconfigured so that all applicants for initial general registration must use one of four...

April 2015

As part of professional indemnity insurance policy conditions, psychologists are usually required to inform their insurer when they become aware of any facts or circumstances that might give rise to a claim under the policy (e.g., threat by a client to make a complaint, an actual notification to...

February 2015

The amendments to the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 that came into place in March 2014 made it clearer that clients can access their personal information “in the manner requested” if it is reasonable and practicable to do so. This means that psychologists may be compelled to provide...

December 2014

The Federal Government has recently announced that psychologists who provide Medicare Focused Psychological Strategies (FPS) items are no longer required to undertake 10 hours of FPS-related continuing professional development (CPD) in order to maintain their Medicare Provider status. This change...