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❓ Question regarding qualifications and requirements for referring minors to gender affirming care, with the response outlining accepted referral sources and deferring to AHPRA for accreditation details.

AnsweredQoN 700Legislative Council

Asked

15 October 2025

Member

Hon Maryka Groenewald

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I refer to the practice of referring minors to access medical or psychological gender affirming care, and I ask: (a) what qualifications are required for individuals and organisations to be authorised to make such referrals; (b) are there mandatory training, accreditation, or endorsement requirements; and (c) are such authorisations time-limited and required to be periodically renewed, or do they remain valid until revoked, and if periodic renewal is required, how often?

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Answered

18 November 2025

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health

Response time

8 days

(a) The Child and Adolescent Health Service’s (CAHS) Gender Diversity Service accepts referrals for gender affirming care from General Practitioners, Paediatricians, Endocrinologists, Psychiatrists, School Psychologists, Private Psychologists, and public youth mental health service clinicians.
(b-c) CAHS cannot comment on the training requirements of the referring clinical specialities. Accreditation is the responsibility of AHPRA.

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