✨ Professional Fees and Prescribing Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 58 — 28 MAY 2015
A fee based on full cost recovery will normally be charged for the programme recognition
process at a single site in New Zealand.
(Additional visits may be required if the programme is delivered at more than one site.
Actual and reasonable costs will be charged for any additional site visits or concurrent
programme approvals.)
Up to
15,000.00
Fee for the mid-cycle visit, single site visit in New Zealand:
A fee based on full cost recovery will normally be charged for the programme recognition
mid-cycle visit at a single site in New Zealand.
(Additional visits may be required if the programme is delivered at more than one site.
Actual and reasonable costs will be charged for any additional site visits.)
Up to
5,000.00
Exemption
Applicants who apply for registration during the year to 30 June 2016 will be exempt in that year from fees for the
issue of a practising certificate.
Further enquiries by post to Social Workers Registration Board, PO Box 3452, Wellington Central, Wellington
6140.
Dated at Wellington this 25th day of May 2015.
SEAN McKINLEY, Chief Executive/Registrar, Social Workers Registration Board.
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Medicines (Designated Prescriber – Dietitians) Notice 2015
Pursuant to the Medicines (Designated Prescriber – Dietitians) Regulations 2015 made under the Medicines Act
1981, the Dietitians Board of New Zealand (“Board”) gives the following notice.
Notice
1. Title and commencement—This notice is the Medicines (Designated Prescriber – Dietitians) Notice 2015 and
comes into force 3 August 2015.
2. The purpose—The Schedule to this notice sets out the requirements that the Board has determined must be
met by registered dietitians who wish to prescribe a dietetic prescription medicine. These requirements are
imposed under Regulation 5 of the Medicines (Designated Prescriber – Dietitians) Regulations 2015.
Schedule
A. Requirements for Prescribing (Regulation 6)
The Board requirements for education and training that Registered Dietitians must undertake before
commencing prescribing are as follows:
a. A Master of Dietetics degree (University of Otago) or Master of Science (Nutrition and Dietetics) degree
(Massey University) or Master of Health Sciences in Nutrition and Dietetics degree (University of
Auckland), conferred after January 2014; or
b. for all other New Zealand registered dietitians the successful completion of the Dietitians Board
Prescriber Training Course – consisting of an online course and a face to face workshop with a
summative assessment which demonstrates knowledge to safely prescribe dietetic prescription
medicines and knowledge of the regulatory framework for prescribing.
B. Other training to be undertaken (Regulation 7)
Registered dietitians who prescribe must:
a. be in an ongoing supervised prescribing relationship and advise the Board of their supervision
arrangements; and
b. include prescribing and prescribing related developments as part of their continuing professional
development; and
c. complete the Board’s online Annual Prescriber Update on an annual basis.
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