Conditions for registration

To register within a special purpose scope of practice, a doctor must work:

• only within their registered scope of practice
• at a location approved by Council
• under the supervision of a registered doctor approved by Council, and
• only for the specified duration of the teaching, training, research, emergency or locum tenens.

Notes:

• No clinical work may be undertaken other than that approved by Council.
• This information must be read with reference to Council’s Policy on registration in New Zealand.

Important!

Registration within a special purpose scope of practice under this policy is not a pathway to registration within a general or vocational scope of practice.

Options within
special purpose scope of practice

To qualify for registration within a special purpose scope of practice, all doctors must:

• pass (or be exempt from) the IELTS English test in accordance with Council’s English language requirements
• hold a primary medical degree from a university medical school listed in the WHO Directory of Medical Schools, or the FAIMER Directory, and
• satisfy all criteria for the individual special purpose you are applying for.

Click on the individual options for further information on the special purpose scopes.