NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 97

12 AUGUST 2004

Fees Schedule

A. REGISTRATION FEES

• Request for registration advice
  $150.00 (^1)
• Application for registration
  $425.00 (^1\,{ }^2)
• Application to change existing scope of practice or conditions
  $125.00 (^1\,{ }^2\,{ }^3)
• Assessment of training, qualifications and experience
  $6,200.00 (^1)

For registration in a vocational scope of practice:

• Application for registration
  $425.00 (^1\,{ }^3)
• Assessment of documents by branch advisory body
  $200.00
• Interview with branch advisory body
  $1,700.00

B. ANNUAL PRACTISING CERTIFICATE (APC) OR INTERIM PRACTISING CERTIFICATE INCLUDING DISCIPLINARY LEVY

$485.00 (^1\,{ }^4\,{ }^5)

C. DISCIPLINARY LEVY – levy for 12 months

$125.00 (^1)

D. NEW ZEALAND REGISTRATION EXAMINATION (NZREX Clinical)

$3,750.00

• Application for an exemption from an approved English test, or for an extension of USMLE validity
  $125.00 (^1)
• Review of decisions
  $125.00 (^1)

E. VOCATIONAL SCOPE OF PRACTICE/RECERTIFICATION

• Branch advisory body application for recognition of new vocational scope of practice
  $7,500.00 (^1)
• Application for assessment of an individual recertification programme for a vocational scope of practice
  $1,600.00 (^1)

F. CONTRIBUTION TO MENTORING COSTS (usual 18-month programme)

$2,700.00 (^1\,{ }^6)

G. URINE SCREENING PROGRAMME

• Usual five-year programme – including administration and the cost of tests
  $6,000.00 (^7)
• Administration only – usual five-year programme
  $1,500.00

H. CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATIONAL SUPERVISION COSTS (usual 12-month programme)

$4,020.00 (^1\,{ }^6)

I. REVIEW OF DECISIONS

$125.00 (^1)

J. CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY THE REGISTRAR

• Certificate of registered information
  $40.00 (^1)
• Good standing (or copy)
  $40.00 (^1)
• Duplicate APC
  $40.00 (^1)
• Any other document certifying registration status or standing
  $40.00 (^1)

K. REGISTER

• Register for 12 months on disk or sent by email (updated monthly)
  $350.00 (^1)
• Register for 12 months downloaded from the council’s web site
  $200.00 (^1)
• Register data requests – contact the council office for information
  $112.50 (^1\,{ }^8)

Key to annotations

1. Fee is not refundable.
2. Fee may be waived for some categories.
3. Those with Australasian postgraduate qualifications and holding registration within a general scope of practice will pay only for a change in existing scope.
4. Reduced fee payable if the medical practitioner is registered within a provisional or special purpose scope of practice where the appointment is for less than six months. If appointments are for longer than six months, the APC fee will be charged on a pro rata basis to bring medical practitioners on to their APC cycle.
5. Fee includes disciplinary levy $125.00 and may be charged on a pro rata basis to bring medical practitioners on to their APC cycle.
6. Fee will be adjusted for any specific requirements of the programme.
7. Fee is based on 54 tests over a five-year period. Additional test costs will be recovered and a $60.00 service fee will apply.
8. Fee is per hour but may be adjusted depending on the nature of the query. Any disbursements will be recovered at cost.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of August 2004.

TANIA TURFREY, Registrar, Medical Council of New Zealand.

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Physiotherapy Board

Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

Physiotherapy (Fees) Notice September 2004

Pursuant to Part 6, section 130 (1) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, the following notice is given.

This notice sets out the fees to be charged by the Physiotherapy Board under the Act, from the commencement of Part 6, section 130 (1) of the Act on 18 September 2004.