Every doctor, nurse, pharmacist and other registered health practitioner in Australia appears on a single public register maintained by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and the National Boards. It is free, it takes about two minutes, and it is the authoritative source. You do not have to take our word for a clinic’s registration status, and you should not have to take theirs either.

Why we push you towards doing this yourself. Our own check is described on how we verify clinics and is labelled “AHPRA registration checked.” We check the AHPRA register — this is not an endorsement by AHPRA or of any treatment. The register is the primary source; we are just a directory that reads it.

How to search the register

Open the register

Go to ahpra.gov.au and choose the register of practitioners. Type the address yourself rather than following a link from a clinic’s marketing.

Search by name or number

A registration number gives you an exact match, which is why it is worth asking a clinic for one. Otherwise search the practitioner’s family name and first name, and narrow by profession and location.

Match the right person

Common names return several results. Check the profession, the registration number and the principal place of practice against what the clinic told you before you conclude anything.

Read the whole record

Open the practitioner’s entry rather than stopping at the search results. Registration type, status, conditions, undertakings and endorsements all sit inside the record.

What the record tells you

Profession and division — medical practitioner, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, and so on. Prescribing rights differ between them.
Registration type and status— for example general, specialist, limited or non-practising, and whether registration is currently in effect. “Non-practising” means exactly what it says.
Specialty and endorsements — recognised specialist qualifications, where they apply.
Conditions, undertakings or reprimands — restrictions placed on what a practitioner may do, or commitments they have given to a Board. Where these exist, they are published on the record.
Registration expiry — registration is renewed annually. A lapsed registration is not a technicality.
Principal place of practice— the practitioner’s main work location, which is a useful cross-check against the clinic you are dealing with.

What the record does not tell you

The register answers one question well: is this person registered, in what, and with what restrictions. It is not a quality rating and it does not tell you:

Whether the practitioner is any good, or experienced in the specific therapy you are asking about.
Whether a particular treatment they might prescribe is registered, compounded or well evidenced — see compounded vs registered.
Whether a complaint has been made that has not resulted in a published regulatory outcome.
Anything about the business, website or brand a practitioner works under. A registered doctor can be associated with a service you would still be right to walk away from.

Registration is a floor, not a ceiling. Finding someone on the register tells you they are entitled to practise. It is not an endorsement by AHPRA of them, of the clinic they work for, or of any treatment they may recommend. AHPRA does not verify, accredit or endorse Get Enhanced or any clinic listed here.

If the clinic will not give you a name

You are entitled to know who is prescribing for you. If a service will not name the practitioner before you pay, or tells you one will be “assigned” later, treat that as decisive. The same applies if the person you speak to avoids the question, or if the name you are given does not appear on the register at all. There is no good version of that situation.

If a name is missing from the register, it is worth checking the spelling and any previous surname before concluding anything. If it is genuinely absent, do not proceed — and note that AHPRA takes reports about people holding themselves out as registered practitioners when they are not.

Two related checks worth doing

The pharmacy. Ask which pharmacy dispenses or compounds your medicine and confirm it is an Australian pharmacy supplying against a prescription in your name. Medicine arriving from overseas without a prescription is a different situation entirely.

The business. Registration covers the individual, not the company. Check that the clinic has a real Australian presence, a contact address and a complaints process, and read what it publishes about who takes clinical responsibility.

When you have the answers, our questions to ask a clinic page covers what to ask next, and before you start covers what to have ready for a first appointment.

Do it yourself

Open the public AHPRA register

Free, public and authoritative. It takes about two minutes and it is the same source we check.

Search the register →

This is general information, not medical advice. Get Enhanced does not prescribe, supply, dispense or recommend any medicine, and nothing on this page is an offer or promotion of a prescription treatment. Whether any therapy is appropriate for you is a decision for a registered AHPRA health practitioner after an individual assessment. See our medical disclaimer.

Keep reading

How we verify clinics What our check covers, and what it does not Questions to ask a clinic Starting with who is prescribing Compounded vs registered The other question worth asking Are peptides safe? Where the real risks sit Before you start Preparing for a first consultation Find a clinic Compare doctor-supervised clinics