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ABOUT THE BOARD                
 
Role and Function of the Board 


The primary role of the Board is to protect the community by:

  • promoting standards of professional practice
  • setting standards for registration
  • investigating complaints against psychologists and
  • managing the health of psychologists with a physical or mental impairment.

This site aims to provide current and accessible information about the Board and its role. It is organised to enable easy access to information about different parts of the Board's functions.

Comments and Feedback 

The Board welcomes your comments and feedback. These can be directed to the Executive Officer by email at: admin@psychreg.vic.gov.au

Copyright / Using the Information from this Site

The information on this website is covered by copyright; no part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. All information, documents and content of this internet website remains the property of the Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria. We are happy for the content to be used to promote professional standards and awareness of the Board's role in protecting the community. If information from this site is used by other people or organisations, please credit the source of this information to the Board.

Disclaimer

While the information published on this site has been presented with all due care, the Board does not guarantee that the information is free from errors or omissions.

The information is made available to promote communication and in the interests of transparency, on the understanding that the Board and its employees and agents shall have no liability (including liability by reason of negligence) to users for any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred or arising by reason of any person using or relying on the information and whether caused by reason of any error, negligent act, omission or misrepresentation in the information or otherwise.

While the information is considered to be true and correct at the date of publication, changes in circumstances after the time of publication may impact on the accuracy of the information. The information may change without notice and the Board is not in any way liable for the accuracy of any information printed and stored or in any way interpreted and used by a user.


Consistent with Victorian Government policy and legislation the Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria is committed to protecting the privacy of personal information provided to it by individuals in the course of undertaking its statutory responsibilities. Any information provided will be used only for the purpose intended.
The Board is bound by the Victorian Information Privacy Act 2000 and the Health Records Act 2001 as well as other laws which impose specific obligations in regard to handling information.

Personal information is information which directly or indirectly identifies a person.

The Board collects and handles a range of personal information for the purposes of carrying out its functions. These primarily relate to applications for registration as a psychologist or probationary psychologist, the maintenance of a register of psychologists registered to practise in Victoria and accessible by the public, the investigation of health issues affecting individual psychologists and the investigation of complaints about the professional practice of individual psychologists.

Privacy Statement

Consistent with Victorian Government policy and legislation the Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria is committed to protecting the privacy of personal information provided to it by individuals in the course of undertaking its statutory responsibilities. Any information provided will be used only for the purpose intended.
The Board is bound by the Victorian Information Privacy Act 2000 and the Health Records Act 2001 as well as other laws which impose specific obligations in regard to handling information.

Personal information is information which directly or indirectly identifies a person.

The Board collects and handles a range of personal information for the purposes of carrying out its functions. These primarily relate to applications for registration as a psychologist or probationary psychologist, the maintenance of a register of psychologists registered to practise in Victoria and accessible by the public, the investigation of health issues affecting individual psychologists and the investigation of complaints about the professional practice of individual psychologists.

For a full copy of the privacy statement please click on the following link


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