✨ Medical Scopes of Practice
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 5 — 20 JANUARY 2017
jurisdiction of another medical regulatory authority, and provide evidence of satisfactory participation in any recertification programmes required by that authority during that period of practice or, where no recertification requirements have been set by that authority, provide separate evidence of ongoing professional development during that period of practice.
Emergency or other unpredictable, short-term situation
A medical practitioner must have qualifications appropriate to the requirements of the emergency or other unpredictable situation, as determined by the Council.
Pandemic or disaster
A medical practitioner must:
- hold an acceptable primary medical qualification, be registered with the Council and hold a current practising certificate; or
- have completed at least five years of study at a recognised New Zealand medical school; or
- have previously been registered with the Council; or
- hold satisfactory registration with another medical profession regulator; and
- meet any other criteria set by the Registrar and published on the Council’s website or in such other way as is practicable.
Teleradiology
A medical practitioner must:
- have a postgraduate qualification in radiology, approved by the Council and published on the Council’s website (see the Council’s website for list of approved qualifications);
- be registered in a jurisdiction where they are able to gain a postgraduate qualification approved by the Council and published on the Council’s website (see the Council’s website for list of approved qualifications);
- be providing radiology services under contract to a health provider located in New Zealand and be fully credentialed by the health provider; and
- have been in active clinical practice (20 hours per week) in the vocational scope of diagnostic and interventional radiology for at least 24 out of the last 36 months.
Appendix
Vocational scopes of practice and associated prescribed qualifications
| Scope of practice | Prescribed qualification |
|---|---|
| Anaesthesia | |
| The provision of anaesthetics, perioperative care, intensive care and pain management to patients and can include the provision of resuscitation, retrieval/transportation (inter- and intra-hospital) and hyperbaric medicine to patients. Encompassed in this is the advancement of professional standards, patient safety, education and the advancement of the science and practice of anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, intensive care and pain medicine. | |
| Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA) | |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | |
| The diagnosis and treatment (operative and non-operative) of patients with disorders of structures within the chest including the heart and vascular system, the lungs and trachea, the oesophagus, the diaphragm and chest wall. It includes the management of trauma and congenital and acquired disorders of these structures. | |
| Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) |
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