RACGP fellowship candidates who lie about COVID-19 symptoms before taking their exams risk being reported to the Medical Board of Australia and having their results discarded.

The college is introducing what it is calling a ‘COVIDSafe attestation’, where candidates fill out a form declaring they don’t have COVID-19 symptoms and haven’t been in self-isolation on the day of their test.  

Any candidate who has undergone testing as a precaution, and not because they’re unwell, will be allowed to sit the exam if their COVID-19 test results are pending, the college has stressed.  

However, it says that any candidate who is unable to complete the attestation will be asked to leave the venue immediately.