Guides & Booklets
This is our online library of booklets available for download.
- Get Registered
- Maintain Registration
- Fitness to Practise
- Standards for assessment and accreditation
- Medical Council of New Zealand History
- Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) performance review of the Medical Council
Get Registered
Registration
Download Medical Registration in New Zealand (July 2013, 511 KB)
Download Medical Registration Handbook 2018 (May 2018, PDF, 2 MB)
Download Orientation Induction and Supervision for International Medical Graduates (Jan 2011, 240 KB)
Maintain Registration
Practising Certificate
Download Guide to completing a Practising Certificate application (April 2017, 374 KB)
Download The Workforce Survey (May 2016, 400 KB)
CPD
Download Continuing Professional Development and Recertification (2018, PDF)
Supervision
Download Orientation Induction and Supervision for International Medical Graduates (Jan 2011, 240 KB)
Fitness to Practise
Conduct
Download Sexual boundaries in the doctor-patient relationship (Nov 2018, PDF)
Download A Guide for Complainants: What to expect if your complaint is referred to a Professional Conduct Committee (15 May 2018, PDF)
Download A Guide for Doctors: What to expect if you are referred to a Professional Conduct Committee (15 May 2018, PDF)
Download You and your doctor (March 2008, 108 KB)
Competence
Download Assessing Doctors' Performance (May 2005, 7.7 MB)
Download Performance Assessment what you can expect (April 2010, 76 KB)
Health
Download Doctors' health (Dec 2004, 113 KB)
Standards for assessment and accreditation
Prevocational medical training
For further information download the Accreditation standards for training providers and the Accreditation for clinical attachments and refer here for further information.
Recognition of new vocational scopes of practice in New Zealand and associated training providers and programmes
For further information relating to the standards and the two stage process please download the following:
Process and Guidelines for Recognition of Vocational Scopes in New Zealand
Standards for Recognition of Vocational Scopes in New Zealand Stage 1
Standards for Recognition of Vocational Scopes in New Zealand Stage 2
Reaccreditation of vocational training and continuing professional development programmes offered by Australasian providers
This should be used in conjunction with the joint Australian Medical Council and Medical Council of New Zealand standards for assessment and accreditation.
Reaccreditation of vocational training and continuing professional development offered by New Zealand Providers
For the standards for reaccreditation of programmes offered by colleges/associations that operate only in New Zealand please download Standards for reaccreditation.
Medical Council of New Zealand History
View Medical Council of New Zealand History (Flipbook - requires Adobe Flash Player)
Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) performance review of the Medical Council
In late 2009 following a request from the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) for Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) to undertake a full performance review of that organisation. The performance review was carried out in March and April 2010.
Download CHRE Report (PDF)