Pursuant to sections 11(1) and 12(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 Medical Council of New Zealand Scopes of Practice and Prescribed Qualifications (Special Purpose Postgraduate Training) Amendment Notice 2011.
(2) This notice comes into effect on 5 May 2011.
(3) This notice should be read in conjunction with the Scopes of Practice and Prescribed Qualifications for
the Practice of Medicine in New Zealand, published as a Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 29 January 2010, No. 8, page 253.
2. Special purpose (postgraduate training) prescribed qualification-Pursuant to section 11 of the Act, the prescribed qualification for the special purpose (postgraduate training) scope of practice is amended
by adding the following requirement:
Trainees must have been registered and practising in their home/sponsor country for a minimum of one year immediately prior to their application (excluding
Pacific Island graduates, if they had been training
in a different Pacific Island health system at the time of their application because recognised medical training programmes are not available in their home/sponsor country).
3. Special purpose (postgraduate training) scope of practice-Pursuant to section 12 of the Act, the
special purpose (postgraduate training) scope of practice
is amended by adding the following requirements:
(a) Trainees may not undertake relief runs (excluding postgraduate trainees covered under the policy for cardiothoracic surgical training units).
(b) Trainees must have at least two hours per week protected time for teaching and will be required
to attend any relevant tutorials and grand rounds.
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of April 2011.
DAVID DUNBAR, Registrar, Medical Council of
New Zealand.