Please note: our offices are closed for the holidays from 23 December 2025 to 5 January 2026.

Please submit completed applications to us by Wednesday 15 December 2025 to allow for processing times before the holiday period.

Technical Issue: Please be aware that we are experiencing a technical error on our practitioner portal which means that anyone who is requested to provide referee details is not able to do so as part of their application.

Please continue with your application on the portal and email us at mrt@medsci.co.nz with your referees name and email details so we can contact them directly.

Resources

Gazette Notices - Registration - Recertification - Fitness to Practise - Examinations - Health, Competence and Conduct - Accreditation - Expanded Practice - Fees - Publications - Covid-19

Secondary legislation | Gazette notices

As a statutory body, we are required to formally publish notifications of our scopes of practice, accepted qualifications, and fees in the New Zealand Gazette. The Gazette is the official Government newspaper and authoritative journal of constitutional record. A Gazette notice under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 is secondary legislation per the Legislation Act 2019 (and Secondary Legislation Act 2021).

Registration

Recertification

Fitness to Practise

Examinations

Health, Competence and Conduct

Accreditation

Expanded Practice

Publications