Associate membership

Associate membership is for physiotherapists who trained overseas and who either do not have registration in Australia or have limited registration as part of their transition to practicing in Australia.

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Associate Member (Undertaking APC Assessment)

Category:

M10

Price:

$0: Pro-rata price as of 09/02/26 valid until 31/12/26

$0: Full price

Insurance included:

Professional Indemnity and Public & Products Liability Insurance

You are eligible if you:

are currently undertaking the Australian Physiotherapy Council (APC) assessment process to achieve your interim and/or final certificates and become eligible for general registration.

This discounted membership is only available for overseas trained physiotherapists who are undertaking an assessment with the Australian Physiotherapy Council (APC). When applying to the Council, make sure you indicate you’d like an APA membership too and your request to join will be automatically shared with us. If you’ve already applied to the APC but have not received your APA membership, please contact us

Associate Member (Overseas)

Category:

M11

Price:

$158.59: Pro-rata price as of 09/02/26 valid until 31/12/26

$173: Full price

Insurance included:

None

You are eligible if you:

are registered as a physiotherapist outside Australia and your national physiotherapy association is a member of World Physiotherapy, AND
are not currently or previously registered with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia, AND
are residing outside of Australia.

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Associate membership