Dietitians Amendment Act 1973

Public Act		1973 No 58
Date of assent		21 November 1973

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Qualifications of applicants for registration
3	Temporary registration
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Dietitians Act 1950

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Dietitians Amendment Act 1973, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Dietitians Act 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Qualifications of applicants for registration

Section 10 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after paragraph (c) of subsection (1), the following paragraph:

“(ca)

That, having undergone a course of training in dietetics elsewhere than in New Zealand, he has thereafter undergone in New Zealand such further training at such hospital or other institution, and passed such examination (if any), as may be specified by the Board for the purposes of this paragraph in relation to the particular case; or”.

3 Temporary registration

Part II of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 18a (as inserted by section 9 of the Dietitians Amendment Act 1964), the following section:

“18b

“(1)

Subject to section 11 but notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if the Board is satisfied that any person—

“(a)

Is or will be temporarily visiting New Zealand and proposes to practise as a dietitian at any institution or place in New Zealand; and

“(b)

Has sufficient knowledge and experience to practise efficiently as a dietitian in that institution or place subject to such restrictions (if any) as the Board may specify—

the Board may, if it thinks fit, and on payment if required by the Board of any fee that may be prescribed for the purposes of this section, issue to him a certificate of temporary registration entitling him to practise as a dietitian in that institution or place subject to such restrictions (if any), and for such period, as may be specified in the certificate.

“(2)

The Board may from time to time, in its discretion, extend the period specified in any certificate issued under this section if it is satisfied that the circumstances in which it was issued still exist. Any extension shall be endorsed on the certificate, which for that purpose shall be surrendered by the holder to the Registrar.

“(3)

The Registrar may cancel any certificate issued under this section at any time on the direction of the Board.

“(4)

During the period specified in any such certificate, or any extension thereof, and subject to such restrictions (if any) as may be specified by the Board, the holder of the certificate shall, unless it has been cancelled under this section, be deemed for all purposes, subject to subsection (5) of this section, to be registered as a dietitian while he is practising as a dietitian in the institution or place specified in the certificate but not otherwise.

“(5)

Nothing in section 9, subsection (1) of section 13, or section 22, of this Act shall apply to the holder of a certificate under this section.”

This Act is administered in the Department of Health.

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