What credentials do I need to work as a locum in SA?+
AHPRA registration plus a SA Working With Children Check from the DHS Screening Unit when your role involves patients under 18. Doctors need Section 18A authority from SA Health's Drugs of Dependence Unit for prolonged S8 prescribing, and ScriptCheckSA monitoring is live. Dentists require a radiation licence from the SA EPA Radiation Protection Branch. ReturnToWorkSA runs workers compensation.
Is direct billing viable in SA?+
RevenueSA applies the relevant-contract provisions to medical-centre contractor arrangements. The contractor-GP amnesty covered approved prescribed medical practices for the 2018-19 to 2023-24 financial years: a practice that did not apply, or was not approved, stays liable, and tax already paid is not refunded. From 1 July 2024 a proportional GP exemption applies to employee and contractor GP wages, measured on bulk billed GP services including prescribed DVA and Return to Work Act services as a share of total GP services (Payroll Tax Regulations 2025; Revenue Ruling PTASA004). Bulk-billing-dominant GP work therefore carries reduced exposure. RevenueSA provides no equivalent relief from 1 July 2024 for contractor medical practitioners other than GPs, or for dentists, and allied health stays subject to the relevant-contract provisions. Sessional runs the classifier so the signal is specific to the workplace and profession.
What rural incentives apply in SA?+
The WIP Doctor Stream applies in MMM 3 to 7 across regional SA. Mount Gambier is MMM 4. The Riverland, Eyre Peninsula, and Far North SA run MMM 5 to 7. Rural Doctors Workforce Agency SA layers on state-specific incentives. Sessional tags every shift with postcode MMM and separates base from rural loading.
How concentrated is the Adelaide locum market?+
Adelaide is a single-metro market. Many locums work a small number of clinics and public hospitals, which raises PSI exposure: the Personal Services Income rules apply when more than 50 per cent of a contract's income is a reward for your own labour or skill rather than assets or a business structure. Sessional runs the 80 per cent and unrelated-clients diagnostic across your full payer list so you see whether the PSI rules are in play and whether you pass the results test.
Which Local Health Networks does Sessional cover in SA?+
All of them. Central Adelaide, Northern Adelaide, Southern Adelaide, Women's and Children's, Barossa Hills Fleurieu, Riverland Mallee Coorong, Limestone Coast, Eyre and Far North, Flinders and Upper North, and Yorke and Northern LHNs all sit as workplaces in one ledger.