What will you pay for 2012?
July 6, 2011
FEE increases for pharmacists
registering next year will be limited
to within a CPI rate of 3.3%,
according to the Pharmacy Board of
Australia’s newly released 2012
registration fee schedule.
The 2011-12 year will see the
reinstatement of a late registration
renewal fee (which was suspended for
the first year of the national scheme).
The late registration fee will apply
to practitioners who apply to renew
during the one month late period
under the National Law, and will
see them charged an additional
25% of the renewal fee, due to the
additional costs to AHPRA of
managing late renewals.
Also new for the 2011-2012 year
is a Fast Track application fee for
pharmacists whose registration
has lapsed but who wish to remain
in practice.
The Fast Track process is open for
a month after the end of the late
application period, and will see
pharmacists charged an extra 50%
of their registration fee on top of
their cost of usual registration.
Standard application fees for
registration from 01 Jul are as
follows: general registration $155;
provisional registration $103;
limited registration $155; nonpracticing
registration $155;
endorsement of registration $155;
and fast track registration $77.
And renewal fees effective this
month are: general registration
$305; renewal of endorsement
$155; non-practicing registration
$305; provisional registration $155;
limited registration $305; and late
renewal of registration $76.
For students, the pharmacy
intern oral examination fee is
$335, the oral exam appeal fee
(internal review) is $155, the oral
examination appeal fee (external
review) is $155 and the practice/
legislation assessment fee is $155.
The Board has defended its fee
schedule saying that because it
receives no ongoing government
funding (except in NSW), the fees
are necessary to enable National
Boards and the Australian Health
Practitioners Registration Authority
to meet their responsibilities under
the National Law.
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