Certificate of capacity forms, by state
Every jurisdiction publishes its own statutory form. These are the live sources — linked, not hosted, because versions change.
Certificate of capacity forms are statutory documents published by each state regulator — SIRA (NSW), WorkSafe Victoria, WorkSafe Queensland (work capacity certificate), ReturnToWorkSA, WorkCover WA, WorkSafe Tasmania and Comcare. Always use the regulator's live version; a saved copy can be a superseded version.
Key Takeaways
- Never host or cache the form: versions change; the regulator’s live download is the only safe source
- NSW: SIRA publishes the certificate of capacity for workers compensation and CTP
- Queensland: the form is the work capacity certificate, from WorkSafe Queensland
- Victoria / SA / WA / TAS / Commonwealth: WorkSafe Victoria, ReturnToWorkSA, WorkCover WA, WorkSafe Tasmania and Comcare each publish their own
- Wrong-form claims stall: a certificate on a superseded or interstate form is a common cause of payment and processing delays
The current form for each jurisdiction
| Jurisdiction | Form | Source (live) |
|---|---|---|
| NSW | Certificate of capacity | sira.nsw.gov.au |
| Victoria | Certificate of capacity | worksafe.vic.gov.au |
| Queensland | Work capacity certificate | worksafe.qld.gov.au |
| South Australia | Certificate of capacity | rtwsa.com |
| Western Australia | Certificate of capacity (First / Progress / Final) | workcover.wa.gov.au |
| Tasmania | Workers compensation medical certificate | worksafe.tas.gov.au |
| Commonwealth (Comcare) | Certificate of capacity | comcare.gov.au |
We deliberately link regulator homes rather than deep PDF links: regulators move and revise their forms, and a stale deep link is worse than one extra click. Search "certificate of capacity" (or "work capacity certificate" in Queensland) on the regulator's site for the current download and completion guidance.
After the form: what the claims team does with it
The form is the input. The work is reading it: capacity against available duties, the period pattern across certificates, diagnosis scope, and the medication section against the full dispense history — the check that catches certified capacity contradicted by the medication load. Start with the complete claims-team guide, and for medicated claims, reading a certificate when the worker is on multiple medications.
See what a complete medication picture looks like on a claim
Once the certificate is in, Allmeds does the part no form can: reconciling its medication section against the claim's full dispense history.
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Important: This page is general health information, not personal medical advice. If you have questions about your medication — including starting it, stopping it, changing the dose, or combining it with something else — speak with your doctor or pharmacist. For an emergency or suspected overdose, call your local emergency number or poison information service immediately. Information is drawn from regulator and clinical guideline sources (TGA, FDA, MHRA, NICE, PBS, CDC); see our methodology for details.