Early Career membership
To be eligible to apply for the Early Career membership categories, you are a recently graduated osteopath, up to five years after completing your osteopathy course, registered or currently applying for your AHPRA registration.
The year you completed your osteopathy course will determine your Early Career category. Please see conditions below.
Eligibility to apply for Early Career membership categories, Year 1 to Year 5:
- Early Career Member, Year 1 membership = completed course in 2024
(1 July to 30 June - first 12-month membership cycle, or part thereof, following course completion)
- Early Career Member, Year 2 membership = completed course in 2023
(1 July to 30 June – second 12-month membership cycle, or part thereof, following course completion)
- Early Career Member, Year 3 membership = completed course in 2022
(1 July to 30 June – third 12-month membership cycle, or part thereof, following course completion)
- Early Career Member, Year 4 membership = completed course in 2021
(1 July to 30 June – fourth 12-month membership cycle, or part thereof, following course completion)
- Early Career Member, Year 5 membership = completed course in 2020
(1 July to 30 June – fifth 12-month membership cycle, or part thereof, following course completion)
Still studying? Apply here for your free Student memberhip!
Joining as a Student Member before finishing your course, also qualifies you for future Early Career membership offers, available from June to December each year.
Benefits and conditions of Early Career membership
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Benefits
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Conditions
- Currently qualified as an osteopath and registered or applying for registration in Australia
- Current and sufficient Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Committed to the principles of Continuing Professional Development
- Completion of annual Continuing Professional Development requirements
- $165 join fee applies to a new or re-joining member application.
- Osteopathy Australia membership can be cancelled during a membership cycle, but no refunds are provided
- On application for membership with Osteopathy Australia, you:
- Declare all information submitted to be true and correct
- Accept that membership does not imply a right to practise in Australia
Further conditions of Early Career Member, Year 1 membership
- You are in the first full 12-month membership cycle (or part thereof) following completion of a relevant Australian osteopathic degree
- Join as an Early Career Member, Year 1 by 30 June of the current membership cycle
Note: Early Career Member, Year 1 membership for final-year students finishing university in June will start from 1 July of the next cycle
- To be exempt from the $165 join fee, you were previously an Osteopathy Australia Student member in your final year of study and joined by 30 June in the current membership cycle
- A $165 join fee applies if you were not a Student member in your final year of study
Further conditions of Early Career Member, Year 2 membership
- You are in the second full 12-month membership cycle (or part thereof) following completion of a relevant Australian osteopathic degree (after initial Early Career Member, Year 1 membership, if applicable)
Further conditions of Early Career Member, Year 3 membership
- You are in the third full 12-month membership cycle (or part thereof) following completion of a relevant Australian osteopathic degree (after the Early Career Member, Year 2 membership cycle, if applicable)
Further conditions of Early Career Member, Year 4 membership
- You are in the fourth full 12-month membership cycle (or part thereof) following completion of a relevant Australian osteopathic degree (after the Early Career Member, Year 3 membership cycle, if applicable)
Further conditions of Early Career Member, Year 5 membership
- You are in the fifth full 12-month membership cycle (or part thereof) following completion of a relevant Australian osteopathic degree (after the Early Career Member, Year 4 membership cycle, if applicable)
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