NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 138

4 OCTOBER 2013

(1) Completed six months working within a provisional general scope in a New Zealand hospital, general practice, educational institution or other organisation approved by the Council and under the supervision of a medical practitioner approved by the Council; and

(2) Received two consecutive satisfactory supervision reports for the six months of medical practice completed immediately prior to applying for registration within a general scope. Registration within a provisional scope will be extended for up to two years if the medical practitioner receives any poor supervision reports during their first six months of registration, until the medical practitioner has received two consecutive satisfactory reports; and

(3) Been recommended for registration within a general scope by his or her supervisor.

Pathway 3 – holders of a primary medical degree from a university medical school approved from time to time by the Council for the purposes of registration in New Zealand and published on the Council’s website, and have passed a medical examination approved by the Council for the purposes of applying to sit NZREX and published on the Council’s website and, within five years of passing the medical examination, have passed NZREX or an international registration examination approved by the Council as being of a comparable standard to NZREX and published on the Council’s website must have:

(1) Completed at least one year working within a provisional general scope, satisfying the following:

• Practise in a New Zealand hospital accredited by the Council; and
• satisfactory completion of four runs, of which one must be a category A medical and one a category A surgical run. (NB The practitioner may work in category A or B relieving or rotating runs during the first six months, but may not work in category C rotating or relieving runs until the second six months. The practitioner can only work in C runs if a rotating internship has been completed prior to registration in New Zealand.); and
• satisfactory completion of three consecutive runs immediately prior to registration in the general scope; and
• certify as competent in cardiac life support as required by the Council’s policy

OR

• practise in a primary care(^4) setting approved by the Council and under the supervision of a medical practitioner approved by the Council; and
• receive satisfactory reports for the three runs completed (or nine months worked) immediately prior to applying for registration within a general scope.

(2) Been recommended for registration within a general scope by his or her supervisor.

Pathway 4 – ie those with registration based on at least 33 months (for at least 30 hours per week) during the 48 months prior to application (in other words a minimum of 3,960 hours worked, counting a maximum of 40 hours per week and excluding on-call and overtime hours) in a health system comparable to New Zealand as prescribed by the Council and either full or general registration in the comparable health systems in which they met the Council’s active clinical practice requirement at the time of registration; or the applicant is satisfactorily participating in a training programme recognised by the American specialty boards, the Canadian specialist colleges, or the Irish Medical Council, must have:

(1) completed one year working within a provisional general scope in a New Zealand hospital, general practice, educational institution or other organisation approved by the Council, in an approved position, under supervision approved by the Council; and

(2) received satisfactory supervision reports for the nine months of medical practice completed immediately prior to applying for registration within a general scope. Registration within a provisional scope will be extended for up to two years if the medical practitioner receives any poor supervision reports during their first year of registration, until the medical practitioner has received three consecutive satisfactory reports; and

(3) Been recommended for registration within a general scope by his or her supervisor; and

(4) conditions limiting the medical practitioner’s practice may be imposed on the medical practitioner’s registration in a general scope of practice if the medical practitioner does not

(^4) To be eligible to work in primary care, the applicant must have completed a general intern year, passed NZREX at first attempt, have five years or more experience in primary care, and have similar primary care practice experience. The applicant’s nominated supervisor must not be his/her employer.