1994 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 74 13 JUNE 2013

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of June 2013.
CLAIRE PAGET-HAY, Registrar, Pharmacy Council of New Zealand.
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Notice of Scope of Practice: Pharmacist Prescriber and Related Qualifications Prescribed by the Pharmacy Council of New Zealand

Pursuant to section 11(1) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (“the Act”), the Pharmacy Council specifies the following scope of practice.

This notice comes into effect on 12 July 2013.

1. Pharmacist Prescriber Scope of Practice

Pharmacist Prescribers have specialised clinical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical knowledge, skills and understanding relevant to their area of prescribing practice. This allows them to provide individualised medicines management services, including the prescribing of medicines to patients across a range of healthcare settings and models.

Pharmacist Prescribers work in a collaborative health team environment with other healthcare professionals and are not the primary diagnostician. They can write a prescription for a patient in their care to initiate or modify therapy (including discontinuation or maintenance of therapy originally initiated by another prescriber). They can also provide a wide range of assessment and treatment interventions which includes, but is not limited to:

• Ordering and interpreting investigation (including laboratory and related tests).
• Assessing and monitoring a patient’s response to therapy.
• Providing education and advice to a patient on their medicine therapy.

The Pharmacist Prescriber must prescribe within the limits of their professional expertise and competence (both clinical and cultural) and ethical codes of practice. They are responsible and accountable for the care they provide.

2. Qualifications Prescribed for Registration in the Pharmacist Prescriber Scope of Practice

Pursuant to section 12 of the Act, the following qualifications are prescribed for registration in the pharmacist prescriber scope of practice:

(a) Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy in Prescribing, University of Auckland; or
(b) Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacist Prescribing, University of Otago.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of June 2013.
CLAIRE PAGET-HAY, Registrar, Pharmacy Council of New Zealand.
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Potatoes New Zealand Incorporated

Commodity Levies (Potatoes) Levy Order 2013

Notification of Potato Levy Rate

Potatoes New Zealand Incorporated advises that as per clause 11 of the Commodity Levies (Potatoes) Levy Order 2013, the rate of levy for the period 18 June 2013 to 30 October 2013 has been set at 0.85%.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of May 2013.
C. MEHTA, Chief Executive.
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Departmental Notices

Education

Education Act 1989

Notice of Direction to Appoint a Limited Statutory Manager for the Board of Trustees of Featherston School (2840)

Under section 78M of the Education Act 1989, I direct the Secretary for Education to appoint a limited statutory manager for the board of trustees of Featherston School because of the risks to the educational performance of its children and the operation of the school.

The following functions, powers and duties of the board are to be vested in a limited statutory manager:

• All functions, powers and duties of the board as an employer (whether statutory or otherwise); and
• all functions, powers and duties of the board in curriculum management including teaching and assessment practice (whether statutory or otherwise).

A limited statutory manager must also advise the board on the following:

• Effective communication with its staff and community; and
• board systems and processes (whether statutory or otherwise) for school-wide self-review.

This notice takes effect the day of publication.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of June 2013.
HON HEKIA PARATA, Minister of Education.
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