Gazette.govt.nzPursuant to sections 130–133 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (“HPCA Act”), the following notice is given.
Notice
1. Title and commencement
(1) This notice may be cited as the Chinese Medicine Council (Fees) Notice December 2023 and shall come into force on 29 January 2024.
(2) This notice has the status of a disallowable instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2019.
(3) This notice replaces the Chinese Medicine Council (Fees) Notice 2023 published in the New Zealand Gazette, 18 April 2023, Notice No. 2023-gs1565.
2. Fees
The Chinese Medicine Council sets the following fees specified in the attached Schedule.
All fees charged by the Council are non-refundable and are payable in $NZD.
3. Tax
All fees specified in the Schedule are inclusive of goods and services tax (GST) of 15%.
Schedule
Fees and Levies Payable
| Registration | $ |
| Initial registration fee (NZ-qualified, excl. new graduates) | 300 |
| Initial registration fee (NZ-qualified, new graduates) | 200 |
| Initial registration fee (TTMRA pathway) | 300 |
| Initial registration fee (Grandparenting pathway) | 300 |
| Registration, application, and processing fee for overseas-qualified applicants (Express pathway) | 750 |
| Registration, application, and processing fee for overseas-qualified applicants (General pathway) | 1,500 |
| Registration, application, and processing fee for visiting teacher/educator | 550 |
| Registration, application, and processing fee for an additional general scope of practice or a change to a current general scope of practice1 | 115 |
| Registration, application, and processing fee for each Specialist scope of practice or change to a Specialist scope of practice | 300 |
| Annual Practising Certificate (APC) Fees | |
| Application for an APC (received between 1 July 2023 and 31 March 2024) incl. a disciplinary levy of $72.50 | 422.50 |
| Supply of Documents | |
| Application for Certificate of Registration/re-issue of Certificate of Registration | 50 |
| Application for Letter of Good Standing | 100 |
| Application for a Certificate of Good Standing | 50 |
| Application for Copy of the Register | 50 |
| Application for copies of documents held on file | 100 |
| Any Other Matter | |
| Non-practising/register maintenance fee | 100 |
| Application for Restoration to the Register | 100 |
| Accreditation and monitoring of educational institutions and degrees, courses of studies, or programmes that are prescribed for scopes of practice2 | Cost recovery |
Explanatory Note
On 3 November 2023, the Council consulted publicly on amendments it proposed to make to some of its current registration fees with practitioners, practitioner representative bodies, members of the public, and other relevant stakeholders.
10 submissions were received by the consultation deadline of 15 December 2023, from individual practitioners and two practitioner representative bodies. Mixed feedback was received; some indicating the amendments proposed were reasonable, some indicating they were too high, and one indicating an increase to the initial registration fee for TTMRA pathway applicants was needed to bring it in line with the initial registration fees for NZ-qualified and Grandparenting pathway applicants.
The Council considered submissions via electronic circulation and passed a formal motion to approve the amendments to registration fees, subject to a minor amendment to the initial registration fee for TTMRA pathway applicants. All other Council fees remain unchanged. A full summary of the feedback received, and the decision reached is available on the Council’s website.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 2023.
LINDSEY PINE, Registrar, Chinese Medicine Council.
Endnotes
1. Registration fee for an additional general scope of practice or a change to a current general scope of practice: This fee applies to current registrants who are applying to add or make changes to their approved general scopes of practice after the point of initial registration approval.
2. Accreditation and monitoring of educational institutions and degrees, courses of studies, or programmes that are prescribed for scopes of practice: The direct professional fees, travel, accommodation, and other costs for site evaluation team members together with Council administration expenses for teleconference meetings, printing, and postage etc., will be charged to the educational institution being accredited/monitored, based on actual costs incurred. The Council’s secretariat administrative overheads incurred throughout the accreditation process will also be charged to the educational institution. The invoice will be generated at the end of the accreditation review process, or annually for monitoring if monitoring spans more than one financial year, regardless of the outcome of the accreditation/monitoring. An indicative cost for an accreditation review/ongoing monitoring will be provided to the educational institution in advance of any review/monitoring taking place.