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How to Get Cleared

The NSW Department of Health issues Clearance for Clinical Placements Cards to students who attend educational institutions in NSW, interstate and overseas and who wish to undertake clinical placements in NSW Health facilities.

A clearance takes from 2 to 6 weeks to process. Once it has been processed, your coordinator will contact you and issue you with a letter and the clearance card (see a sample) from the NSW Department of Health.

If you are from a University, TAFE or College doing Clinical Placements in NSW Health Service

  1. Obtain a Criminal Record Check Consent Form and Prohibited Employment Declaration from the coordinator at your educational institution when you enrol.
  2. Complete the Criminal Record Check Consent Form and Prohibited Employment Declaration from the coordinator at your educational institution when you enrol.

Find out who your coordinator is in NSW.

If you are from Interstate and being placed in a NSW Health facility

  1. Provide evidence from your home state that a criminal record check has been conducted. If you are unable to provide a copy of your Criminal record Check, you will be required to complete a statutory declaration indicating if you have/have not got any criminal charges/convictions recorded against your name.
  2. Complete the NSW Department of Health criminal Record Check Consent form.
  3. Submit these documents to your Clinical Coordinator.

If you are from Overseas and being placed in a NSW Health facility

  1. Provide evidence from your country of origin that a criminal record check has been conducted. If you are unable to provide a copy of your Criminal record check, you will be required to complete a statutory declaration indicating if you have/have not got any criminal charges/convictions recorded against your name.
  2. Complete the NSW Department of Health criminal Record Check Consent form.

Submit these documents to your Clinical Coordinator.

This web page is managed and authorised by Corporate Governance & Risk Management of the NSW Department of Health. Last updated: 31 March, 2009

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