Recertification for doctors on a special purpose scope
If you are registered in a special purpose scope, you will not have to meet any recertification requirements; instead you will work under strict supervision for the duration of your period of registration.
If you are registered in a special purpose scope of practice you will be granted temporary registration in New Zealand for a set period of time, linked specifically to the type of special purpose scope you hold.
You will not have to meet any recertification requirements, instead you will work under strict supervision for the duration of your period of registration.
The special purpose scopes of practice will apply if you are an overseas doctor intending to work in New Zealand for a specific purpose and for a fixed set time period. They apply to you if you want to:
- teach as a visiting expert (for up to one week)
- undertake a period of post-graduate training in order to gain experience and skills that you will use to provide healthcare in your home country (up to two years)
- carry out research (up to two years)
- work as a locum tenens, in a specialist post (up to 12 months)
- work in an emergency or other unpredictable, short-term situation
- work in a pandemic or disaster area
- provide teleradiology services to New Zealand patients (up to 12 months).
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Supervision is a registration requirement for all new doctors registered in a provisional general, provisional vocational and special purpose scope of practice.
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Special purpose registration is a temporary form of registration, for specific purposes. You should apply for this scope when you want to work in New Zealand for a specific purpose such as research, further training or to assist with a disaster.