Criminal Record Checks - for certain UAC commencing students

The University is required to have certain students complete a Criminal Record Check Consent form. The NSW Health Department requires students whose degree program includes a placement in a NSW Health Department facility to complete a consent form. This form will be issued at enrolment to students taking up a place in any of the following courses:

UAC Course code Course description Criminal Record Check Required?
511300 Arts/ Social Work Yes
511401 Oral Health Yes
511615 Social Work  Yes
511913 Arts/ M Nursing  Yes
511914  Science/ M Nursing  Yes 
511916 Health Sciences/ M Nursing  Yes 
511917 Exercise & Sport Science/ M Nursing  Yes 
512400 Pharmacy  Yes 
512600 Occupational Therapy  Yes 
512605 Physiotherapy  Yes 
512610 Speech Pathology  Yes 
512616 Health Sciences/ M Clinical Vision Sciences  Yes 
512620 MRS-Nuclear Medicine Technology  Yes 
512625 MRS-Diagnostic Radiography  Yes 
512630 MRS-Radiation Therapy  Yes 
512641 Health Sciences/ M Rehabilitation Counselling  Yes 
512655 Exercise and Sport Science  Yes 
512656 Exercise and Sport Science/ Science (Nutrn)  Yes 
512670 Health Sciences  Yes 

What you need to complete the consent form

While full information about the Criminal Record Check Consent form will be issued at enrolment, you can benefit by coming to enrolment with certain identification documents. If you are able to present these documents at enrolment, you will be able to finalise the completion of the Consent form on the day. Otherwise you will need to return with the required identification documents to enable the completion of the Consent form at a later date.

The Criminal Record Check Consent form requires you to satisfy a 100 point identification check. The following table provides you with some selected documents that you can bring with you to satisfy this check. There are many other documents that can be used. The full list will be presented to you on the form itself at enrolment.

Only original documents, or certified copies of documents are acceptable.

Document description

Point value

Document category Document notes
Birth Certificate 

70

Primary Only one Primary Document may be submitted  
Current Passport 

70

Primary Only one Primary Document may be submitted  
Drivers Licence issued by Australian State or Territory

40

Secondary Document must have photograph and name
Proof of Age Card or NSW Photo Card issued by the NSW RTA

40

Secondary Document must have photograph and name
Credit Card *

25

Secondary Document must show name and signature
Medicare Card (signature not required)

25

Secondary  
EFTPOS Card *

25

Secondary Document must have photograph and name
* points from the same source may only be counted once (ie Visa and EFTPOS cards issued by the same financial institution)