✨ Medical Scopes of Practice
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Scopes of Practice
Provisional general scope of practice
The practice of medicine, in a position approved by the Council, under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner approved by the Council.
General scope of practice
The practice of medicine (as defined by the Medical Council of New Zealand (“the Council”) from time to time).¹
A medical practitioner registered within a general scope of practice must take part in a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme approved by Council.²
Provisional vocational scope of practice
The practice of a medicine within a vocational scope of practice under supervision, and assessment if required.
Vocational scopes of practice
The practice of medicine that allows a medical practitioner to work in a specific scope of practice, for which he or she has appropriate vocational training, qualifications and experience. (See Appendix 1 for vocational scopes of practice).
A medical practitioner registered within a vocational scope must take part in a Continuing Professional Development programme approved by Council (see footnote 2).
Special purpose scopes of practice³
The practice of medicine, for defined or limited reasons, undertaken:
- within a New Zealand hospital, general practice, educational institution or other organisation approved by the Council, and
- under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner approved by the Council.
The special purpose scopes of practice are:
- Teaching as a visiting expert
- Research
- Working as a locum tenens for up to six months
- Postgraduate training
- Assisting in an emergency or other unpredictable, short-term situation
- Assisting in a pandemic or disaster
- Providing teleradiology services to New Zealand patients for up to 12 months.
¹ The "practice of medicine" includes:
- advertising, holding out to the public, or representing in any manner that one is authorised to practise medicine in New Zealand
- signing any medical certificate required for statutory purposes, such as death and cremation certificates
- prescribing medicines whose sale and supply is restricted by law to prescription by medical practitioners
- assessing, diagnosing, treating, reporting or giving advice in a medical capacity, using the knowledge, skills, attitudes and competence initially attained for the MB ChB degree (or equivalent) and built upon in postgraduate and continuing medical education, wherever there could be an issue of public safety.
The practice of medicine goes wider than clinical medicine, and includes teaching, research, medical or health management, in hospitals, clinics, general practices and community and institutional contexts, whether paid or voluntary.
² See Council’s website www.mcnz.org.nz for the CPD requirements
³ The special purpose scope of practice is time-limited and does not lead to any form of permanent registration
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