The Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme (NAHSSS)

Allied Health Undergraduate (Entry - Level) Stream

Please find below a list of people who can certify documentation for you:

Part 1 – Members of certain professions

• Chiropractor
• Dentist
• Legal Practitioner
• Medical Practitioner
• Nurse
• Patent Attorney
• Pharmacist
• Physiotherapist
• Psychologist
• Veterinary Surgeon

Part 2 – Other persons

• Agent of the Australian Postal Corporation who is in charge of an office supplying postal services to the public
  
• Australian Consular Officer, or Australian Diplomatic Officer, (within the meaning of the Consular Fees Act 1955)
  
• Bailiff
  
• Bank officer with five or more continuous years of service
  
• Building society officer with five or more years of continuous service
  
• Chief executive officer of a Commonwealth court
  
• Civil marriage celebrant
  
• Clerk of a court
  
• Commissioner of Affidavits
  
• Commissioner for Declarations
  
• Credit union officer with five or more years of continuous service
  
• Employee of the Australian Trade Commission who is:
  (a) In a country or place outside Australia; and
  (b) Authorised under paragraph 3(d) of the Consular Fees Act 1955; and
  (c) Exercising his or her function in that place
• Employee of the Commonwealth who is:
  

(a) In a country or place outside Australia; and
(b) Authorised under paragraph 3(c) of the Consular Fees Act 1955; and
(c) Exercising his or her function in that place

• Fellow of the National Tax Accountants Association

• Finance company officer with five or more years of continuous service
  
• Holder of a statutory office not specified in another item in this part
  
• Judge of a court
  
• Justice of the Peace
  
• Magistrate
  
• Master of a court
  
• Member of the Association of Taxation and Management Accountants
  
• Member of the Australian Defence Force who is:
  

(a) An officer; or
(b) A non-commissioned officer within the meaning of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 with five or more years of continuous service; or
(c) Warrant officer within the meaning of that Act

• Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants or the National Institute of Accountants

 

• Member of the Institute of Corporate Managers, Secretaries and Administrators
  
• Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, other than at the grade of student
  
• Member of:
  

(a) The Parliament of the Commonwealth; or
(b) The Parliament of the State; or
(c) The Territory legislature; or
(d) A local government authority of a State or Territory

• Minister of religion registered under Division 1 of Part IV of the Marriage Act 1961

 

• Notary public
• Permanent employee of:
  

(a) The Commonwealth or of a Commonwealth authority; or
(b) A State or Territory or of a State or Territory authority; or
(c) A local government authority with five or more years of continuous service who is not specified in another item in the list

• Permanent employee of the Australian Postal Corporation with five or more years of continuous service who is employed in an office supplying postal services to the public
• Person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under the law of the State or Territory in which the declaration is made
  
• Police officer
  
• Registrar or Deputy Registrar of a court
  
• Senior Executive Service officer of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, or of a Commonwealth, State or Territory Authority
  
• Sheriff
  
• Sheriff’s officer
  
• Teacher employed on a full-time basis at a school or tertiary education institution