diff --git a/testing/register-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/register/util/HealthCheckTest.java b/testing/register-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/register/util/HealthCheckTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e7004e10f9d9f2df28eefe31d507bf1fd0c37269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/register-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/register/util/HealthCheckTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-2020, Schlumberger
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.opengroup.osdu.register.util;
+
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public abstract class HealthCheckTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
+
+    public HealthCheckTest(RestDescriptor getDescriptor) {
+        super(getDescriptor);
+    }
+
+    private String id = "retrievetest" + System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void deleteResource() throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void deleteResourcewitharg(String ext) throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void createResource() throws Exception {
+    }
+    @Override
+    protected void createResourcewitharg(String ext) throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int expectedOkResponseCode() {
+        return 200;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_returnTrailingOk() throws Exception {
+        ClientResponse response =
+                TestUtils.send("api/register/v1/ah/liveness_check/", HttpMethod.GET.name(), this.testUtils.getOpsAccessToken(), "", "");
+        assertEquals(expectedOkResponseCode(), response.getStatus());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/testing/register-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/register/util/RetrieveApiTestTemplate.java b/testing/register-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/register/util/RetrieveApiTestTemplate.java
index 0f0e3bd6d6de15f16d714f0f156008eb2bad39eb..fc83aeff743d8b3b16a99fb818774cd531d8b761 100644
--- a/testing/register-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/register/util/RetrieveApiTestTemplate.java
+++ b/testing/register-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/register/util/RetrieveApiTestTemplate.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package org.opengroup.osdu.register.util;
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -112,11 +110,4 @@ public abstract class RetrieveApiTestTemplate extends BaseTestTemplate {
         assertEquals(error("Expected all successful responses. Actual " + sucessResponseCount), 10, sucessResponseCount);
         assertEquals(error("Unexpected error response returned"), 0, errorResponseCount);
     }
-
-    @Test
-    public void should_returnTrailingOk() throws Exception {
-        ClientResponse response =
-                TestUtils.send("api/register/v1/ah/liveness_check/", HttpMethod.GET.name(), this.testUtils.getOpsAccessToken(), "", "");
-        assertEquals(expectedOkResponseCode(), response.getStatus());
-    }
 }