NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 141 — 21 NOVEMBER 2014

relevant tutorials and grand rounds.

Prescribed qualifications

Provisional General scope of practice

The medical practitioner must satisfy all the requirements from one of the following options:

• Hold a primary medical degree from a New Zealand or Australian university medical school accredited by the Council for the purposes of registration in New Zealand, and published on the Council’s website (Pathway 1)(^3); or

• hold a primary medical degree from a university medical school approved by the Council for the purposes of registration in New Zealand and published on the Council’s website. Must also have passed a medical examination approved by the Council for the purposes of applying to sit the New Zealand Registration Examination (NZREX)(^4) and published on the Council’s website. Must, 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. (Pathway 2);

There are two options for approved practice within provisional general scope of practice for NZREX graduates:

Approved hospital-based practice

Practice in an approved position in an accredited New Zealand hospital.

Practising in an approved primary care setting

An applicant may be approved to work in a primary care setting if the applicant has applied for provisional general registration on the basis of a pass in the NZREX examination obtained before 30 November 2014 that is still valid at the time of application, completed a general intern year in their past practising history, passed NZREX at first attempt, has five years or more experience in primary care, and has similar primary care practice experience. The applicant’s nominated supervisor must not be his/her employer; or

• hold a primary medical degree from a university medical school accredited by a competent authority and medical schools approved by the Council for the purposes of registration in New Zealand and published on the Council’s website. Must also have one year of general medical experience (Pathway 3); or

• hold a primary medical degree from a university medical school approved by the Council for the purposes of registration and published on the Council’s website. Must have worked for 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. Comparable health systems are approved from time to time by the Council for the purposes of registration in New Zealand and published on the Council’s website. Must also hold full or general registration with that authority, or be satisfactorily participating in a training programme recognised by the American Boards or the Canadian specialist colleges, or be registered by the Irish Medical Council as a specialist trainee. Applicants must also have worked during the required 33 months in the same or a similar area of medicine, and at a similar level of responsibility as that of the position for which they seek Council approval (Pathway 4).

General scope of practice

Medical practitioner must satisfy one of the following:

A. Hold a primary medical degree from a New Zealand or Australian university medical school accredited by the Council and have completed an internship in New Zealand or Australia (Pathway 1); and

Either

a. For applications for registration in the General scope of practice made before 24 November 2015: