Pathway 2 – United States of America qualifications-based

Applicant must:

1. Hold a qualification accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) for state licensure as a physician associate/assistant in the United States of America and have successfully completed the Physician Assistants National Certification Examination (PANCE) administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA); and maintained current certification with the NCCPA.   
2. Hold current full registration as a physician associate/assistant with the General Medical Council, and/or with a state, provincial or territorial regulatory/licensing authority for physician associates/assistants in the United States of America or Canada.   
3. Have practised clinically for at least 36 months’ (working at 0.5 FTE or more) during the 5 years immediately prior to application. This work must have been undertaken in the United Kingdom, and/or the United States of America or Canada, practising in the same or a similar area of clinical practice to the proposed position in New Zealand. 
4. Provide evidence of satisfactory completion – within 12 months prior to applying for registration – of a Council-approved knowledge-based programme in cultural safety for health practice in New Zealand.