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Optometry Australia Quality Assurance provider fees

CPD provider application fees (all GST inclusive) – Effective for all courses held from 1 December 2020

Application typeDuration of activityCostBenefits
Tier 1:
Initial application fee
(minimum 28 days
before course date)
0 minutes – 3 hours
(180 minutes)
$220Event promotion in Institute Calendar
Time-based logo/badge provided for promotion
Automatic uploading of CPD hours
3 hours and 1
minute – 6 hours
(181 minutes - 360
minutes)
$440
Event promotion in Institute Calendar
Time-based logo/badge provided for promotion
Automatic uploading of CPD hours
> 6 hours
(361+ minutes)
$825Event promotion in Institute Calendar
Time-based logo/badge provided for promotion
Automatic uploading of CPD hours
Tier 2:
Course shell in
Optometry Australia’s
online learning platform
with redirection to
Provider website
$220 in
addition to Tier
1 fee
Event promotion in Institute Calendar
Time-based logo/badge provided for promotion
Automatic uploading of CPD hours
Additional course shell on online platform
redirecting optometrists to external course page
Tier 3:
Online course promoted,
hosted and managed on
Optometry Australia’s
online learning platform
$1,000Event promotion in Institute Calendar
Time-based logo/badge provided for promotion
Automatic uploading of CPD hours
Event promotion on OA online learning platform
Online content uploaded and managed by OA
with CPD hours allocated automatically upon
completion
Special and additional fees
Repeat activity
(within same CPD
registration period)
$100Event promotion in Institute Calendar
Time-based logo/badge provided for promotion
Automatic uploading of CPD hours
Urgent application fee
(within 28 days of course
date)
$165 in addition
to Tier 1, 2 or
3 fee

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