Five Year Overseas Trained Doctors Recruitment Scheme
The Five Year Overseas Trained Doctors (OTDs) Recruitment Scheme provides incentives to attract and retain doctors to work in rural and remote Victoria.
The program offers a reduction in the ten year moratorium on provider number restrictions and an exemption on geographical restrictions for participating doctors who have satisfied the following requirements:
- Completed the required term of service in a location deemed eligible for the scheme
- Fellowship with either the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) or the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM)
- Permanent residency and/or Australian Citizenship
