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.