✨ Medical Practice Qualifications and Scopes
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 12
3 FEBRUARY 2012
E
Emergency or other unpredictable, short-term, situation
Medical practitioner must have qualifications appropriate to the requirements of the emergency or other unpredictable situation, as determined by the Council.
F
Pandemic or disaster
Medical practitioner must:
(1) hold an acceptable primary medical qualification, be registered with the Council and hold a current practicing certificate; or
(2) have completed at least five years of study at a recognised New Zealand medical school; or
(3) have previously been registered with the Council; or
(4) hold satisfactory registration with another medical profession regulator; and
(5) meet any other criteria set by the Registrar and published on the Council’s website or in such other way as is practicable.
G
Teleradiology
Medical practitioner must:
(1) have a postgraduate qualification in radiology, approved by the Council and published on the Council’s website (see the Council’s website for list of approved qualifications); and
(2) be registered in a jurisdiction where they are able to gain a postgraduate qualification approved by the Council and published on the Council’s website (see the Council’s website for list of approved qualifications); and
(3) be providing radiology services under contract to a health provider located in New Zealand and be fully credentialled by the health provider(10); and
(4) have been in active clinical practice (20 hours per week) in the vocational scope of diagnostic and interventional radiology for at least 24 out of the last 36 months.
(10)
- The medical practitioner must have a contract with a health provider located in New Zealand who has undertaken a comprehensive credentialling process for the medical practitioner prior to applying for registration.
- The New Zealand-based health provider must have a dispute resolution process to facilitate the fair, simple, speedy and efficient resolution of complaints. This process must include automatic notification of the relevant authorities in New Zealand and the medical practitioner’s home country should a complaint be received and must also permit and facilitate external review and investigation by those authorities.
- The overseas facility the medical practitioner works for must be accredited by an appropriate accreditation body.
- Supervision for the medical practitioner is to be provided by the clinical director of the New Zealand health facility.
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