Registration for nurses and midwives is renewed annually by 31 May, regardless of how long you were registered for during the previous 12 months.
If you are a graduate who registered within two months prior to the 31 May annual renewal date you are registered to practise until 31 May of the following year. Check the national register if you are not sure when your registration is due for renewal.
You only need to declare an impairment – which means a condition which is likely to detrimentally affect your practice. Most health issues are not impairments.
You do not need to declare well-managed health conditions that don’t affect your practice. For example, you don’t need to tell us about needing prescription glasses or taking time off work for a short-term illness or injury.
When you renew your general registration, you are asked to declare if you have met the CPD registration standard in the previous registration period. You must complete CPD to hold general registration, whether or not you are practising. The studies which qualified you for registration as a nurse or a midwife do not count as CPD.
If you have been registered less than a year, the CPD hours you are required to do will be calculated on a pro-rata basis, as below.
For more information, see the Registration standard: Continuing professional development.
When you renew your general registration, you are asked to declare if you have met the PII registration standard in the previous registration period and will do so for this registration period.
You are not required to hold PII when you are not practising. If you have had periods of not holding PII when you were not practising, you can still meet the standard. Remember, practice means any role, whether remunerated or not, in which the individual uses their skills and knowledge as a health practitioner in their profession.
Please see the Professional indemnity insurance arrangements section of the NMBA website for further information.
If you are a recent graduate, you do not have to meet the Recency of practice registration standard. Recent graduate means a person applying for registration for the first time whose qualification for registration was awarded not more than two years prior to the date of their application.
Your criminal history includes any:
If you declare a change to your criminal history, you will need to provide a written statement. The registration renewal form will give you more information on what to include.