The Medical Council of New Zealand ( mi, Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa) is the peak national standards and assessment body for medical education and training. It is responsible for the registration of doctors and has the power to suspend or remove the right to practise medicine in New Zealand. Its responsibilities are defined by the
Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand hears and determines disciplinary proceedings brought against health practitioners.
The Tribunal was created by section 84 Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 and establ ...
and it is funded by practitioner fees paid by all practising doctors in New Zealand.
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Health care in New Zealand
The healthcare system of New Zealand has undergone significant changes throughout the past several decades. From an essentially fully public system based on the Social Security Act 1938, reforms have introduced market and health insurance eleme ...
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Cartwright Inquiry
The Cartwright Inquiry was a committee of inquiry held in New Zealand from 1987 to 1988 that was commissioned by the Minister of Health, Michael Bassett, to investigate whether, as alleged in an article in ''Metro'' magazine, there had been a f ...
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Medical education in New Zealand
Medical associations based in New Zealand
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