Annual Practising Certificate Renewal

Each annual practising certificate (APC) year starts on 1 April and finishes on 31 March.  Practitioners who are existing APC holders will be sent a renewal notice in the period early February each year. 

A copy of the renewal notice can be downloaded from this site by clicking here.  This form is only for use if you currently hold a practising certificate and did not receive a renewal notice through the post.

Expiry of APC

As all annual practising certificates expire on 31 March practitioners are advised to return their completed applications for renewal to the Council by 5pm on 31 March.  If your application is not received by this time you will have no legal entitlement to practise until such time as your application is received.

Currency of APC

Every practitioner who submits an application for renewal, including the required fee, is regarded as holding that APC from the date when the Council receives the application until the date it is issued or the practitioner is notified by the Registrar that it will not be issued. (NB: Please note that this is not the date on which you posted your application - it is the date that it is received by the Council). 

CPD Summary

Practitioners holding current practising certificates who will be applying to renew their APCs for 1 April next, need not wait until then to send to the Osteopathic Council the annual CPD form summarising their CPD activities and credits achieved during the previous calendar year ending 31 December.

The CPD summary form can be downloaded from this web site or obtained from the Registrar, and sent to the Council by 31 January listing the CPD activities and credits completed during the calendar year.

This allows any CPD queries to be sorted out beforehand, so as not to delay the issue of the new APC for 1 April.

If you have not yet sent in your CPD Summary Form for the past calendar year, please enclose it with your APC renewal application.

Fees

The fee for renewal of APC will be noted on the application form. It can be paid by personal cheque or bank cheque made out to the Osteopathic Council, or by MasterCard or Visa.  (NB: We do not accept personal cheques from overseas applicants.)

Some employers organise the payment of the APC fee on behalf of practitioners.  If this is the case, you must make sure that your employer pays the fee by the due date, as it is the practitioner's responsibility to ensure he or she has a current practising certificate. 

Receipts for payments are sent with the APC.

Restrictions on Issue of APC

Before you apply to renew your APC you are advised to read the information on restrictions to the issue of an APC.  If you feel that any of the restrictions might apply to you please contact the Registrar for advice.