Withdrawal and re-entry
Last revised: 15 Dec 2025
We may withdraw you for the following reasons, as per the Withdrawal Policy:
Clinical competence – You haven't met and maintained an appropriate level of clinical competence at each milestone of training, as assessed by your RACGP training team and regional team.
Capacity – You're unable to continue your training program because:
you’re unable to maintain appropriate Ahpra general registration throughout the program
addenda have been added to your medical registration which restrict your ability to continue in the program
you have any other restrictions that impact your ability to practise
you’ve exhausted your Fellowship exam candidacy
Compliance – If you haven't complied with the education and training requirements of the training program, you may be withdrawn from the program. For example:
Unsuccessful completion or not complying with the requirements of an approved remediation term
not responding to correspondence from any RACGP staff member about your enrolment in the program
not meeting your program time requirements
not being able to meet the required standards to enable to you to be admitted to Fellowship and obtain registration as a specialist GP
deferring commencement of training for more than 52 calendar weeks
not maintaining financial membership of the RACGP throughout training
breach of any program training requirement (as per the training program agreement/written correspondence)
if you’re on an accepted temporary Australian visa but don’t obtain permanent residency or citizenship of Australia or New Zealand prior to completion of training.
Professional conduct – If you fail to demonstrate a high level of professional behaviour, for example:
a finding of serious academic misconduct: cases of substantiated academic misconduct for which the sanctions imposed fall under clauses 7.4 f, k, m, n or o of the Academic Misconduct Policy
a finding of professional misconduct (as defined in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009)
We’ll advise you in writing before you’re withdrawn and your local training team will offer support throughout the withdrawal process. A decision to withdraw you from the program can be disputed as per the Dispute, Reconsideration and Appeals Policy. You must lodge a dispute within 20 business days of the date of receiving the notification. If no dispute is raised, we’ll proceed with the withdrawal process.
If you’re involuntarily withdrawn from the training program, we may set certain conditions about if and when you can re-apply to join the AGPT Program. These conditions will be outlined to you as part of the withdrawal process (eg if we determine you can re-apply to the program, you may need to satisfactorily complete remedial activities, etc). Re-entry is at the discretion of the censor. Refer to the Training Programs Entry Policy for more details.
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