Kia ora, the office is closed over Easter weekend.  

Annual Practising Certificate (APC) renewals: we will, however, be processing completed APC renewal applications during the Easter break but we won’t be able to respond to emails or phone calls. If we need more information about your application we’ll let you know next week (from 2 April). 

If you’ve provided additional information at our request, this will be reviewed and processed over the weekend. If we need more information we’ll be in touch next week (starting Tuesday 2 April).

Note: if you’ve paid and provided all other necessary information, we may be waiting on your supervisor to confirm your continued competence and fitness to practise. Please follow up with them if that’s the case. 

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

The Council's recertification programme framework is based on a continuing professional development (CPD) model. 

Practitioners registered with the Council are required to maintain their competence in their relevant scope of practice. Each individual practitioner has a responsibility to keep their knowledge up to date by undertaking relevant CPD.

Medical laboratory science practitioners are expected to manage their CPD through enrolment with a CPD provider that has been approved by the Council.