The 'Voluntary Deactivation' page has been updated to include information relating to retirement of sonographers (or indefinite periods of leave). If you are are taking leave both temporarily or indefinitely (for example: maternity, parental, travel, non-sonographer practice, or retirement), you should read this page. 

 

To practice as a sonographer in Australia under government/Medicare legislation, you must be on the Register of the ASAR and comply with the CPD requirements. 

 

Sonographers may request to be voluntarily deactivated from the Register by completing the prescribed form here. We also ask for this form to be completed when you intend to retire as plans can change in the future.

 

To reactivate your registration, you must pay a prescribed fee to have your name placed back onto the Register.

 

If the period of voluntary deactivation is less than 12 months, the CPD triennium will continue unchanged. In this case, Sonographers need to maintain a log of CPD credits while they are deactivated. However, if the period is greater than 12 months, a new CPD triennium will commence following reinstatement to the Register. Accrued activities will not be credited to the new triennium.

 

If the period of deactivation is three years or more, Sonographers will need to comply with ASAR’s Return to Clinical Practice Guidelines requirements to return to the Register.

 

Deactivation will begin on the date that the Registry receives request for deactivation from the Sonographer. Similarly, subsequent reinstatement/reactivation will occur on the date that the Registry receives the application for reactivation. Medicare Australia will be notified when an individual’s name gets deactivated and reactivated on the ASAR Register.

 

 

It is the individual Sonographer’s responsibility to notify the Registry accordingly.

 

If you have any queries, it is important that you contact ASAR as soon as possible.