New Zealand Legislation: Acts

13 Principles guiding the prescribing of qualifications

• In prescribing qualifications under section 12, each authority must be guided by the following principles:

  • (a) the qualifications must be necessary to protect members of the public; and

  • (b) the qualifications may not unnecessarily restrict the registration of persons as health practitioners; and

  • (c) the qualifications may not impose undue costs on health practitioners or on the public.