Checklist for getting started
There are a number of important things to get sorted before you start working. Most of these are legal requirements. Use this helpful checklist to get set for your career in dentistry. Requirements and getting set
Registration to practice – a legal requirement. Processing time can take more than 60 days.
Organisation
AHPRA
Checklist Cost
Initial application: $334 + Annual Registration: $663
www.ahpra.gov.au 1300 419 495
Radiation Licence (Operator) – a legal requirement. Processing time is 10 working days.
Department of Health and Human Services
Provider number (Separate number required for each location) – a legal requirement.
Medicare
www.health.vic.gov.au/radiation 1300 767 469
Initial application: $66.60 + use licence fee. 1, 2 or 3-year licences available.
Nil
www.medicareaustralia.gov.au 132 150
Prescriber number – a legal requirement.
Medicare
Nil
www.medicareaustralia.gov.au 132 150
Membership with your professional association. Student membership automatically rolls over to graduate membership.
ADAVB
Comprehensive professional indemnity cover – a legal requirement. Guild or other insurer.
Guild Insurance
www.adavb.net 8825 4600
www.guildinsurance.com.au 9810 9100
FREE until 30 June 2020. Discounted fees until 30 June 2022.
FREE for new graduate ADAVB members until 30 June 2021. Discounted fees until 30 June 2023.