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Provider types are eligible health professionals and organisations who can register with AIR.
Eligible health professionals
Health professionals can use their Medicare provider number to access and report vaccinations to AIR.
Eligible health professionals include the following:
- general practitioners
- paediatricians
- public health physicians
- infectious diseases physicians
- clinical immunologists
- nurse practitioners and midwives
- Aboriginal health workers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners.
Eligible organisations
When an organisation is approved by their local health department, they can use AIR to report vaccinations and access vaccination information for their clients.
Organisations require an active Australian Business Number to access AIR. Organisations should apply for an AIR provider number using the Application to register as a vaccination provider with the AIR form.
To become a registered vaccination provider your organisation must be an eligible provider.
An organisation that provides health services and programs to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. An Aboriginal Health Service or AMS is self-identified and is either privately or publicly funded.
An enrolled or registered nurse or midwife who holds relevant qualifications recognised in their jurisdiction for administering vaccinations. ANI’s without their own ABN can’t register.
They can use either:
- the vaccination provider number of the organisation that employs them
- a health professional who has delegated access to their Medicare provider number.
A private for-profit organisation that administers vaccines. Usually contracted to administer vaccines on behalf of another entity, such as administration of workplace influenza vaccines.
A public or registered non-profit, community-governed health organisation funded from the Commonwealth or state and territory governments to provide services.
This includes:
- schools
- correctional facilities
- emergency services.
A local government entity that provides immunisation services to the community.
This includes:
- mass community settings
- schools
- maternal and child health centres
- workplaces.
An organisation providing medical services by airplane to regional and remote communities.
A medical practice or general practice that provides access to medical care for individuals, families and communities.
A pharmacy that employs a registered pharmacist with relevant qualifications recognised in their jurisdiction for administering vaccinations. There can be multiple pharmacist immunisers at one pharmacy location sharing one AIR provider number.
An organisation that provides health services, owned and operated by non-government organisations for profit or non-profit and funded by patients or insurers.
An organisation funded by state or local government providing public health services.
They focus on:
- protecting health
- preventing disease
- illness and injury
- promoting health and wellness.
An organisation funded by the state, territory and commonwealth governments to provide public health services, largely owned and managed by state and territory governments.
A public or privately run service where staff provide live-in residents with personal care and health care.
This can include but isn’t limited to:
- retirement communities
- residential aged care
- residential disability care services.
A state or territory health department delivering community-based immunisation programs.