Renewing your Registration
Registration as a nutritionist must be renewed every three years. Renewal of registration is based on achieving a certain number of continution professional development (CPD) points. Registered nutritionists are required to provide evidence of a total of 300 points of CPD over three years (100 per year). Further details can be found in the Guidelines to CPD document.
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Activity |
NSA Events | Other Nutrition Related Events |
| Conferences, seminars and workshop | ||
| Attendance at half day event | 20 | 10 |
| Participation in webinar | 20 | 10 |
| Attendance at 1 – 2 day event | 30 | 15 |
| Attendance at 3 – 4 day event | 50 | 25 |
| Presentation at conference/NSA webinar | 50 | 50 |
| Presentation at local meeting | 30 | 30 |
| Publications (using DEST) | ||
| Book – Nutrition/health | 100 | |
| Book chapter | 50 | |
| Peer reviewed journal article | 50 | |
| Website Peer reviewed letter to the Editor Media commentary(based on level and size of input) |
30 |
|
| Study/Training/Further Professional Development | 10-80 | |
|
Service to Nutrition Society of Australia |
20 |
* If you attend a meeting and also present there, you get the appropriate points for attendance AND the appropriate points for presenting. Eg, if you attend the NSA for the full four days (50 points) and do a presentation there (50 points), you earn a total of 100 points. However, if you do more than one presentation at a single event, you may only claim the points for one presentation.
Study or advanced training could occur at any time within the three-year period i.e. not all undertaken in one year, but would be averaged over the three year period.
To renew your registration, login to the membership database and follow the links to the online CPD form. Answer each question by clicking on the drop down menu or providing the relevant information. At the end of the form, you will also have the oportunity to provide us with additional information regarding your application.
This system is based on your honesty but you may be audited at any time. Please ensure that you provide accurate information and keep the necessary records.
