✨ Medical Registration Requirements
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 5 — 20 JANUARY 2017
CORE Advanced less than 12 months old; and
5. been recommended for registration in a general scope of practice by a Council-approved advisory panel.
or
hold General Registration in Australia.
- Have been registered in the provisional general scope of practice, satisfied the conditions of the provisional general scope of practice and satisfied any pathway-specific conditions. That is:
Pathway 2: 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 who have passed a medical examination approved by the Council for the purposes of applying to sit NZREX and published on the Council’s website. Additionally, 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.
Applicants must either:
Satisfy the following requirements:
- Satisfactorily completed four accredited clinical attachments;
- substantively attained the learning outcomes outlined in the New Zealand Curriculum Framework for Prevocational Medical Training;
- completed a minimum of 10 weeks’ full-time equivalent in each clinical attachment. Full-time is equivalent to a minimum of 40 hours per week;
- hold advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification at the standard of New Zealand Resuscitation Council CORE Advanced less than 12 months old; and
- been recommended for registration in a general scope of practice by a Council-approved advisory panel
or
where, at the time of application for general registration, is practising in an approved primary care setting:
- Completed at least one year working within a provisional general scope, satisfying the following:
- Practised in a primary care setting approved by the Council and under the supervision of a medical practitioner approved by the Council; and
- received satisfactory reports for the nine months worked immediately prior to applying for registration within a general scope; and
- hold advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification at the standard of New Zealand Resuscitation Council CORE Immediate less than 12 months old; and
- Been recommended for registration within the general scope by his or her supervisor.
Pathway 3: Holders of a primary medical degree from a university medical school accredited by a competent authority and who have one year of general medical experience under the jurisdiction of the competent authority must have:
- completed six months working within the 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;
- received two consecutive satisfactory supervision reports for the six months of medical practice completed immediately prior to applying for registration within the general scope. Registration within the 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
- been recommended for registration within the general scope by his or her supervisor.
Pathway 4: Holders of registration granted 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
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