New Zealand Gazette – 2004 – No. 120

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✨ Medical Laboratory Science Board Notices



2952 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 120 15 SEPTEMBER 2004

MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE BOARD

NOTICE OF SCOPES OF PRACTICE AND RELATED QUALIFICATIONS

PRESCRIBED BY THE MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS BOARD

This notice replaces the notice published by the Board in the New Zealand Gazette,
10 June 2004, No. 68, page 1631.

The Medical Laboratory Technologists Board will become the Medical Laboratory Science
Board on 18 September 2004. These notices will take effect from 18 September 2004.

The Board will maintain a Register of laboratory health practitioners, each of whom will have
an approved scope of practice within medical laboratory science.

SCOPES OF PRACTICE:

The two scopes of practice approved by the Board under Section 11 of the Health
Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 are:

  • Medical laboratory scientist
  • Medical laboratory technician

Qualifications Prescribed for Registration in a Scope of Practice

A. Medical Laboratory Scientist

The qualifications required for registration as a medical laboratory scientist shall be one of the
following:

  1. Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLSc) degree from a New Zealand
    university accredited by the Board

  2. A post-graduate qualification, approved by the Board in each case, combined with
    relevant and specialised medical laboratory experience that in the opinion of the Board
    is sufficient for registration as a medical laboratory scientist

  3. Certification in medical laboratory science by a certification authority outside New
    Zealand approved by the Board, combined with relevant and specialised medical
    laboratory experience that in the opinion of the Board is sufficient for registration as a
    medical laboratory scientist

  4. A course of training and examination or examinations that, in the opinion of the Board,
    are substantially equivalent to the course of training and examinations for the New
    Zealand BMLSc degree

  5. An undergraduate qualification, approved by the Board in each case, combined with
    subsequent relevant and specialised medical laboratory experience gained prior to 18
    September 2005 that in the opinion of the Board is sufficient for registration as a
    medical laboratory scientist.

B. Medical Laboratory Technician

The qualifications required for registration as a medical laboratory technician shall be one of the
following:



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