✨ Medical Council Registration Requirements
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• for at least one year, during which he or she satisfactorily completes four
runs, of which one must be a category A medical and one a category A
surgical run.
The medical practitioner must:
• satisfactorily complete three consecutive runs, at least two of which must
be in different disciplines, and
• not work in relieving or rotating runs unless category A or B runs, and
• not work alone at night time with responsibility for a group of patients in the
first six months; and
• must become certified as competent in basic and advanced cardiac life
support (ACLS).
Council may authorise a change of scope from a provisional general scope to a
general scope once a medical practitioner has satisfied the conditions in the
provisional general scope and has:
• successfully completed the requirements of practice within a provisional
general scope of practice; and
• received satisfactory reports for the three runs completed (or nine months
worked) immediately prior to applying for registration within a general
scope of practice; and
• been recommended for registration within a general scope of practice by
his or her supervisor.
D. Have worked for 36 months continuously (for at least 30 hours per week)
during the 48 months prior to application, in a health system comparable to
New Zealand as prescribed by Council (Appendix 5)
For the purpose of assessing and confirming his or her competence to practise within
a general scope of practice, a medical practitioner with qualifications that fall within this
category 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 approved by the Council,
• under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner approved by the
Council,
• in a position for which the medical practitioner has appropriate experience.
Council may authorise a change of scope from a provisional general scope to a
general scope once a medical practitioner has satisfied the conditions in the
provisional general scope and has:
• successfully completed the requirements of practice within a provisional
general scope of practice; and
• worked for at least two years’ full time or equivalent, and
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