Approved health practitioners

You can choose your own health practitioner when claiming financial assistance for victims. This may be a:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner
• Chinese medicine practitioner
• chiropractor
• dentist
• medical practitioner (GP, specialist, psychiatrist)
• midwife
• nurse
• occupational therapist
• optometrist
• osteopath
• paramedic
• pharmacist
• physiotherapist
• podiatrist
• psychologist.

Your GP may be able to make a referral to a specialist or allied health practitioner if needed.

If the treatment is being provided in Australia, the treatment needs to be provided by a:

• health practitioner who is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
• speech pathologist who is eligible for practising membership of The Speech Pathology Association of Australia.

If the treatment is being provided overseas, the treatment needs to be provided by a health professional with an equivalent overseas registration.

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