✨ Medical Council Scopes of Practice




15 SEPTEMBER 2004

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 120

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Radiation oncology is the medical care and management of patients with cancer and
other medical conditions through the conduct and supervision of radiation treatment, advice
and provision of palliative and other supportive care of patients with cancer; advice and
provision of other non-surgical cancer treatment including cytotoxic, hormonal and other
drug therapies; participation in clinical trials and research related to cancer management.

Qualification Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists

Rehabilitation medicine is the medical care of patients in relation to the prevention and
reduction of disability and handicap arising from impairments, and the management of
patients with disability from a physical, psychosocial and vocational view point.

Qualification Fellowship of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitative Medicine, Royal
Australasian College of Physicians (FAFRM [RACP])

Sexual health medicine is concerned with healthy sexual relations, including freedom
from sexually transmissible infections (STIs), unplanned pregnancy, coercion, and physical
or psychological sexual discomfort. Its practice encompasses a wide range of factors that
contribute to STIs, sexual assault, sexual dysfunction and fertility. It also promotes sexual
health of the community through education, advocacy, screening and diagnostic testing. It
has a clinical perspective and a public health approach. It includes the treatment of
individuals and the contact tracing and treatment of their sexual partner(s).

Qualification Fellowship of the Australasian College of Sexual Health Physicians
(FACSHP)

Sports medicine is the medical care of the exercising individual, including the assessment
and management of patients with musculoskeletal injuries and medical problems arising
from sporting activity. Sports physicians possess expertise in general medicine,
orthopaedics and rehabilitation plus allied sport sciences including nutrition, biomechanics,
exercise physiology and sports psychology.

Qualification Fellowship of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians (FACSP)

Urology is the specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment (operative and non
operative) of patients with disorders of: urinary tract in males and females, and male genital
organs. It also includes the management of trauma to these organs and the management
of male sterilisation, infertility and sexual dysfunction.

Qualification Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)

Vascular surgery is the diagnosis and treatment (operative and non operative, including
endoluminal techniques and interventional procedures) of patients with disorders of: blood
vessels (arteries and veins outside the heart and brain) and the lymphatic system. It also
includes the management of trauma and surgical access to the vascular system.

Qualification Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)

Appendix 2

New Zealand and Australian university primary medical
degrees

Institution Qualification Abbreviation
University of Auckland Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Auckland


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

πŸ₯ Health & Social Welfare
23 August 2004
Medical Council, Scopes of Practice, Qualifications, Radiation oncology, Rehabilitation medicine, Sexual health medicine, Sports medicine, Urology, Vascular surgery