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General Section
Notice Title

Podiatrists Further Scope of Practice and Fees Amendment Notice 2006

Pursuant to sections 11 (1), 12 (1) and Part 6, section 130 (1) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
(“the Act”), the following notice is given.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Podiatrists Further Scope of Practice and Fees Amendment Notice 2006 and should be read in conjunction with the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 5 August 2004, No. 95, page 2402.
(2) This notice comes into force on 11 May 2006.
2. Scope of practice—Pursuant to section 11 (1) of the Act, the board specifies a further scope of practice to the four currently gazetted Scopes of Practice (Podiatrist, Podiatric Surgeon, Podiatric Radiographic Imager and Podiatric Prescriber), being the Scope of Practice of Visiting Podiatrist Educator defined in Schedule A.
3. Scope of practice qualification—Pursuant to section 12 (1) of the Act, the board specifies the qualifications required for the Scope of Practice of Visiting Podiatrist Educator defined in Schedule B.
4. Fees—Pursuant to Part 6, section 130 (1) of the Act, the Podiatrists Board sets the following fees, payable to the board, specified in Schedule C and Schedule D.
5. Tax—The fee is inclusive of goods and services tax.
Schedule A
A. SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF VISITING PODIATRIST EDUCATOR
Visiting Podiatrist Educator A visiting registered podiatrist who qualifies for the Scope of Practice of Podiatrist, and when appropriate for their speciality area of education, also qualifies for an additional Scope of Practice of Podiatric Surgeon and/or Podiatric Radiographic Imager and/or Podiatric Prescriber as determined by the Podiatrists Board, who is presenting short-term educational/instructional programmes requiring demonstrations or practices, of a clinical or practical nature.
Schedule B
B. SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF VISITING PODIATRIST EDUCATOR QUALIFICATION
Visiting Podiatrist Educator QualificationQualifications as to the individual educator speciality areas as recognised by the Podiatrists Board.
Schedule C
C. FEE FOR APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION IN THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF VISITING PODIATRIST EDUCATOR $
Registration in the Scope of Practice of Visiting Podiatrist Educator fee. 50.00
Schedule D
D. FEE FOR APPLICATION FOR ANNUAL PRACTISING CERTIFICATE IN THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF VISITING PODIATRIST EDUCATOR ONLY
Annual practising certificate application fee where the applicant is not registered with the board in any scope of practice other than Visiting Podiatrist Educator. 50.00
Dated at Wellington this 5th day of May 2006.
ANNABEL WHINAM, Registrar, Podiatrists Board.