Pursuant to Part 6, section 130 (1) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (“the Act”), the following notice is given.
This notice sets out the fees to be charged by the Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand (OTBNZ) under the Act, from the commencement of Part 6, section 130 (1) on 18 September 2004.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Occupational Therapy Board (Fees) Notice 2005.
(2) This notice comes into force on 1 April 2006.
2. Fees—The Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand sets the following fees, payable to the board, specified in the attached Schedule.
3. Tax—The fees are inclusive of goods and services tax (G.S.T.).
Schedule
New Fee(excl. of G.S.T.)$ New Fee(incl. of G.S.T.)$
Applications for Registration
Recent New Zealand graduates 280.00 315.00
New Zealand qualified – graduated more than 12 months ago 280.00 315.00
Overseas qualified 600.00 675.00
Applicants applying pursuant to Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 280.00 315.00
Practising Certificates for the Period 2006/2007 Onwards
All applications for annual practising certificates 450.00 506.00
Competence Assessment for Scope of Practice
All competence assessment applications including cultural competence assessment 160.00 180.00
Examinations
All examination candidates 750.00 843.75
Register Maintenance
Non-practising therapists wishing to retain log-on access and remain on the OTBNZ mailing list 100.00 112.50
Register Update for Therapists Who Have Not Paid Register Maintenance
For each change to details e.g. name, address, work history etc. 30.00 33.75
Publications
Recertification Portfolio (mailed within New Zealand) 40.00 45.00
Recertification Portfolio (mailed to overseas address) 60.00 67.50
Code of Ethics 10.00 11.25
Continuing Competence Framework for Recertification 10.00 11.25
Supplying a copy of the Register 100.00 112.50
Documents
Supplying/completing documents for the purpose of registration overseas 60.00 67.50
Returning original documents 60.00 67.50
Providing copies of documents on file 60.00 67.50
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of December 2005.
JEANETTE SCHLEMMER, Registrar, Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand.