Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa | Medical Council of New Zealand (Fees) Notice 2026 - 2026-sl2847

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

Notice

1. Title and Commencement

This notice may be cited as Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa | Medical Council of New Zealand (Fees) Notice 2026 and shall come into force on 1 July 2026.
This notice has the status of secondary legislation for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2019.
This notice revokes and replaces all previously gazetted Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa | Medical Council of New Zealand (“Council”) Fee Notices¹.
This notice is published on the Council’s website www.mcnz.org.nz/about-us/publications/gazette-notices/

2. Fees and Levies

The Council sets its fees and levies as specified in the following Fee Schedule.

3. Tax

The fees are stated exclusive of goods and services tax (GST). All fees are subject to the addition of GST at the prevailing IRD rate. The Council sets its fees and levies as specified in the following Fee Schedule.

4. Fee Schedule²

Medical Practitioners

A	Practising Certificate (PC) or Interim PC including Disciplinary Levy	$
	Annual PC fee including Disciplinary Levy	869.57	^3,4
	Application to vary existing PC	336.62
	PC Quarterly Fee including Disciplinary Levy (used only when bringing a doctor into their registration cycle)	217.39
B	Disciplinary Levy – levy for 12 months	239.13
C	Registration Fees
	Application for registration in a provisional general/general scope of practice:
	Provisional general registration (New Zealand / Australian / NZREX graduate)	336.62
	Provisional general registration (Australian General Registrants)	538.59
	Provisional general registration (United Kingdom General Registrants)	538.59
	Provisional general registration (competent authority)	538.59
	Provisional general registration (comparable health system)	1,683.09
	General registration (New Zealand / Australian graduate)	538.59
	For registration in a provisional vocational / vocational scope of practice:
	Application for vocational registration (for those registered in the General scope of practice, who have been awarded the prescribed qualification)	269.30
	Application for vocational registration (for those who are not registered in the General scope of practice, who have been awarded the prescribed qualification)	538.59
	Application for provisional vocational registration (for international medical graduates with overseas specialist qualifications)	4,039.42
	Vocational practice assessment	17,684.31	²
	College advice fees for registration in a provisional vocational scope of practice:
	Paper-based assessment	4,884.40	²
	Interview	2,066.48	²
	Re-evaluation	1,502.90	²
	Advice on supervisor / employment	250.48	²
	For registration in a special purpose scope of practice:
	Special purpose postgraduate training	1,077.18
	Special purpose locum tenens / teleradiology / research	673.24
	Other registration-related fees:
	Application to change existing scope or conditions	336.62
	Restoration of registration	336.62
	Annual retention fee (non-practising status)	145.55
D	Certificate Signed by the Registrar
	Certificate of professional status, Certificate of registered information, and any other document confirming registration status / standing or internship details	79.03
E	New Zealand Registration Examination (NZREX)
	Application fee	748.63
	Examination fee	4,319.08	²
	Request for recount	380.87
	Request for resit (impairment, incident or exam process)	571.31
	Withdrawal, or transfer, prior to, or on, the cut-off date for the specified exam (6 weeks prior to exam)	380.87
	Withdrawal after the cut-off date for the specified exam (20 working days or more prior to exam)	863.81
F	Screening Programmes
	Administration fee (per test)	75.00
	Laboratory testing fee for urine / blood / re-calibration of breathalyser unit / other (per test)	50.00
	Laboratory testing fee for hair (per test, single drug group)	200.00
	Additional laboratory testing fee for hair (per additional drug group tested)	75.00
	Laboratory testing fee for 10-panel substance screening (per test)	500.00
G	Professional Standards Fees
	Sexual misconduct assessment (SMAT):
	Administration fee (SMAT)	2,006.33
	SMAT assessment fee (per hour)	350.00
	Education supervision:
	Education / supervision programme administration fee	2,678.99
	Education / supervision programme fee (per session)	300.00
	Competence monitoring:
	Competence / recertification programme fee (per hour)	180.00
I	Educational – Pre-Vocational
	Accreditation of training provider	33,428.43
J	Educational – Vocational
	Accreditation New Zealand-only training providers:
	Training provider with 300 or more paying members	23,343.27
	Training provider with fewer than 300 paying members	18,037.98
	Accreditation of training providers recertification programme only	10,610.58
K	Recognition of vocational scope of practice
	Initial assessment (Stage 1)	6,000.00
	Assessment (Stage 2)	12,000.00
L	Register
	Register for 12 months downloaded from the Council’s website	345.32
	Request for one copy of the Register	172.65
	Register data requests (Fee is per hour but may be adjusted depending on the nature of the query. Any disbursements will be recovered at cost)	172.65

Physician Associates (PA)

A	Practising Certificate (PC) or Interim PC including Disciplinary Levy	$
	Annual PC fee including Disciplinary Levy	1,200.00	⁵
	Application to vary existing PC	336.62
	PC Quarterly Fee including Disciplinary Levy (used only when bringing a PA into their registration cycle)	300.00
B	Disciplinary Levy – levy for 12 months	250.00
C	Registration Fees
	Application for registration:
	Provisional PA / General PA scope of practice	1,683.09
	Other registration-related fees:
	Application to change existing scope or conditions	336.62
	Restoration of registration	336.62
	Annual retention fee (non-practising status)	145.55
D	Certificate Signed by the Registrar
	Certificate of professional status, Certificate of registered information, and any other document confirming registration status/standing	79.03

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of May 2026.

CHRISTINE ANDERSON, Pouroki | Registrar, Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa | Medical Council of New Zealand.

Explanatory Note

The changes in fees and levies were consulted on with medical practitioners, Physician Associates, and other stakeholders from 13 March to 10 April 2026. Consultation feedback was considered by the Council at its meeting on 28 April 2026. Following consideration of that feedback, Council approved the fees and levies for the 2026/27 financial year, commencing 1 July 2026.

All of Council’s existing fees previously notified by Notice in the Gazette have been inflation-adjusted by 3.1%⁶, with the exception of:

an increase of $30.44 (5.1%), to the annual practising certificate fee, and an increase of $13.04 (5.8%), to the disciplinary levy, resulting in an overall increase to the combined fee for medical practitioners of $43.48 (5.3%);
the introduction of applicable fees for Physician Associates, including the annual practising certificate fee and disciplinary levy, as part of the inaugural fee schedule and in anticipation that live registration will be in place from 1 October 2026;
other changes to clarify and present certain fees more transparently, including health screening programme recoveries and professional standards fees; and
revised fees for recognition of a new vocational scope of practice, reflecting updated standards and assessment processes.

Key to Annotations

1. Earlier fee notice replaced:

Fees Payable to Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa | Medical Council of New Zealand from 1 July 2025 (New Zealand Gazette, 30 May 2025, Notice No. 2025-sl2910).

2. All fees are non-refundable unless denoted.

3. Reduced fee payable for first time applicants applying for registration within a provisional or special purpose scope of practice where the appointment is for six months or less. For appointments longer than six months, the PC fee will be charged to bring medical practitioners on to their PC cycles.

4. Fee includes a disciplinary levy of $239.13.

5. Fee includes a disciplinary levy of $250.00.

6. https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/consumers-price-index-december-2025-quarter/.