Notice Type
General Section
Notice Title

Pharmacy Council of New Zealand (Fees) Notice 2015

Pursuant to sections 130 to 133 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, the following notice is given.

This notice is effective from 15 January 2016 and revokes and replaces all previous Pharmacy Council of New Zealand fees notices.

N o t i c e

1. Title and commencement—This notice may be cited as the Pharmacy Council of New Zealand (Fees) Notice 2015 and shall come into force on 15 January 2016.

2. Fees—The Pharmacy Council of New Zealand sets the following fees, payable to the Council, specified in the attached Schedule.

3. Tax—The fees are inclusive of goods and services tax.

Schedule

Fees Payable

$

One-off Fees

 

Application for Registration – Intern pharmacist

207.00

Application for Registration – Pharmacist (includes TTMR* and REQR*)

345.00

Application for Registration – Pharmacist Prescriber

90.00

Interview Assessment

205.00

Re-instatement to the Register

100.00

Transfer within the Register

28.00

Annual Practising Certificate (APC) (includes Disciplinary Levy)

 

APC – Intern

470.86

APC – Pharmacist

648.90

APC – Pharmacist Prescriber

738.90

APC – Pharmacist – (post 30 November fee)

188.06

APC – Return to Practise

648.90

Note: The full APC includes Disciplinary Levy of $106.38 incl GST.

 
Register Information  

Inspection of the Register

50.00

Documents for overseas registration

50.00

Examination Fees

 

Competency Assessment of Overseas Pharmacists (CAOP) examination fee for REQR* applicants

805.00

Application for initial consideration of registration for non-REQR* applicants

690.00

Knowledge Assessment of Pharmaceutical Sciences (KAPS) Exam (previously APEC examination fee)

1,280.00

Written Exam Fee (Multi Choice Questionnaire)

520.00

Oral Interview (if required)

1,125.00

Examination and Assessment Appeal Fee

500.00

Any Other Matter

 

Non-Practising Fee

91.34

Application for an exemption from an approved English test for overseas pharmacists

128.00

Replacement of registration certificate

50.00

*TTMR = Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act (1997) applicants from Australia.

*REQR = Recognised Equivalent Qualification Route applicants are overseas qualified pharmacists holding recognised qualifications and registration from countries recognised by the Australian Pharmacy Council. These are the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States of America.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of December 2015.

DAVID SIMPSON, Registrar, Pharmacy Council of New Zealand.