New Zealand Gazette – 2004 – No. 120

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✨ Medical Council Notices



15 SEPTEMBER 2004

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 120

A medical practitioner registered within a vocational scope of practice must participate in an
approved CPD programme to maintain competence in a vocational scope of practice.

Provisional Vocational Scope of Practice

A medical practitioner applying for registration within a vocational scope of practice, who is
not already registered within a general scope of practice, must work under supervision for a
minimum of twelve months. During this time the medical practitioner must complete the
Council’s requirements for registration within a vocational scope of practice.

Special Purpose Scope of Practice

Medical practitioners who are in New Zealand for defined or limited reasons, including
teaching as a visiting expert, sponsored training, research, working as a locum tenens for up
to six months, or assisting in an emergency or other unpredictable, short-term situation, will
be registered within a special purpose scope. This scope does not lead to permanent
registration. A medical practitioner working within a special purpose scope of practice must
work in a New Zealand hospital, general practice, educational institution or other
organisation approved by the Council, under the supervision of a registered medical
practitioner approved by the Council, for the duration of the teaching, training, research,
emergency or locum tenens.

Qualifications Prescribed for Registration in a Scope of Practice

  1. General Scope of Practice

    Pursuant to section 12 of the Act, to qualify for registration within a general scope of practice
    a medical practitioner must pass (or be exempt from) the IELTS English test in accordance
    with Council’s English testing policy, and satisfy one of the following six qualifications:

    A. Hold a primary medical degree from a New Zealand or Australian
    university medical school (Appendix 2)

    For the purpose of assessing and confirming his or her competence to practise
medicine within a general scope of practice, a new graduate will be registered within a
provisional general scope of practice for up to two years, with the following conditions,
to work:

•   in a New Zealand hospital or general practice accredited by the Council

•   under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner approved by the
    Council

•   for a minimum of 46 weeks, during which he or she:

    •   completes at least four three-month runs of which at least two are
        category A runs (one surgical and one medical) and two may be
        either category A or B runs (medical or surgical), and

    •   is certified as competent in basic and advanced cardiac life support
        (ACLS).

while successfully completing requirements in the Council’s publication
‘Education, training and supervision handbook for New Zealand, Australian
and New Zealand Registration Examination graduates’.

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🏥 Medical Council of New Zealand Notice of Scopes of Practice and Related Qualifications (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
15 September 2004
Medical Council, Scopes of Practice, Qualifications, Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003