Activity

Fee (in NZD)

Applications for registration

Application for registration within the General Scope of Practice: Physiotherapist under section 12(2)(b) of the Act (New Zealand graduate)

460.00

Application for registration within the General Scope of Practice: Physiotherapist under section 12(2)(a) or (d) of the Act (overseas Express Pathway)

847.00

Application for registration within the General Scope of Practice: Physiotherapist under section 12(2)(c) of the Act (overseas General Pathway)

1,735.00

Application for registration within the General Scope of Practice: Physiotherapist under the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997

460.00

Application for registration within the Scope of Practice: Advanced Practice Physiotherapist

1,451.00

Application for registration within the Scope of Practice: Physiotherapy Specialist

2,762.00

Applications for Annual Practising Certificates

Application for an annual practising certificate (APC) under section 26 of the Act, where the applicant holds a current APC and the Board receives a duly completed application (including the fee set by the Board) before 1 April of the practising year for which the application is submitted.

Note: this fee includes the disciplinary levy imposed under section 131 of the Act.

414.00

Late application for an annual practising certificate (APC) under section 26 of the Act, where the applicant held an APC on 31 March of the practising year immediately prior to the practising year for which the application is submitted but the Board does not receive a duly completed application (including the fee set by the Board) before 1 April of the practising year for which the application is submitted.

Note: this fee includes the disciplinary levy imposed under section 131 of the Act.

686.00

Application for an annual practising certificate (APC) under section 26 of the Act, where the applicant either did not hold an APC in the practising year immediately prior to the practising year for which the application is submitted or held such an APC but subsequently applied for retention of the applicant’s entry on the Register as a non-practising physiotherapist and paid the fee set by the Board for such application. This fee does not apply to physiotherapists who apply for a Return to Practice Programme.

Note: this fee includes the disciplinary levy imposed under section 131 of the Act.

414.00

Application for an interim practising certificate under section 31 of the Act.

Note: this fee includes the disciplinary levy imposed under section 131 of the Act

414.00

Application for an annual practising certificate (APC) under section 26 of the Act, where the applicant is required to complete a Return to Practice programme.

Note: this fee includes the disciplinary levy imposed under section 131 of the Act

571.50

Administration

Retention of an entry of a non-practising physiotherapist on the Register for a specified practising year

60.00

Application to restore an entry in the Register under section 145 of the Act

374.00

Issuing any certificate under the Act, including for the purpose of enabling a physiotherapist to seek registration outside New Zealand, where the certificate must be manually created by the Board’s Secretariat

69.00

Accreditation of a new entry-level degree programme

Submission of Expression of interest in new entry-level degree programme

8,050.00

Application for accreditation of new entry-level degree programme

17,825.00

Final report including site visit

39,100

Reaccreditation

Re-accreditation of an educational institution accredited by the Board to provide 1 or more qualifications prescribed by the Board

An amount sufficient to reimburse the Board for all costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred for the purpose of assessing and evaluating such educational institution and its degrees and courses of study relating to physiotherapy.

Such costs and expenses may include, without limitation:

1. professional fees for services of accreditation panel members;
2. travel, accommodation, and travel-related costs incurred by accreditation panel members in connection with site visits;
3. administration expenses for teleconference meetings, printing, postage, and communications.

Competence programmes

Fees payable by a practitioner who is required to undertake a competence programme set or recognised by the Board under section 40 of the Act

An amount that is sufficient to reimburse the Board for all costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Board in relation to the competence programme that applies to the practitioner.

Such costs and expenses may include, without limitation:

1. fees for service providers engaged by the Board in relation to the competence programme;
2. travel, accommodation, and travel-related costs incurred in connection with site visits;
3. administration expenses for teleconference meetings, printing, postage, and communications.

Supervision

Fees payable by a practitioner who is the subject of a condition included in the practitioner’s scope of practice requiring the practitioner to practise subject to the supervision of 1 or more nominated health practitioners or health practitioners of a stated class.

An amount that is sufficient to reimburse the Board for all costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Board in relation to the supervision of the practitioner. Such costs and expenses may include, without limitation:

1. fees for persons engaged by the Board to provide supervision;
2. travel, accommodation, and travel-related costs incurred in connection with site visits;
3. administration expenses for teleconference meetings, printing, postage, and communication.

Disciplinary levy payable annually to the Physiotherapy Board under section 131 of the Act

45.71