Proposal that Herbal Medicine become a regulated profession under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

Proposal that Herbal Medicine become a regulated profession under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
Consultation document

Date of publication: Novemner 2006
Submissions closed: Friday 16 February 2007

Summary
How to have your say
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Summary
The Ministry of Health has received a proposal from the New Zealand Association of Medical Herbalists (NZAMH) that Herbal Medicine be approved as an additional profession for inclusion in the scope of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (HPCA Act).

The HPCA Act requires that the Minister of Health consult with any organisation that, in the Minister’s opinion, has an interest in any proposal to add a profession to those regulated under the HPCA Act. This consultation document has, therefore, been produced to obtain your views on this proposal.

This document:

discusses the relevant provisions of the HPCA Act
discusses the reasons for, and consequences of, regulating a profession under the HPCA Act
asks specific questions to assist you to comment on this proposal
provides background material on Herbal Medicine (Appendix 1).

You are invited to submit comments on this proposal. In particular, it would be helpful to receive your response to all or any of the specific questions listed in section 4.

How to have your say

Your submissions should be addressed to:

Ryan McLean
Sector Policy Directorate
Ministry of Health
PO Box 5013
WELLINGTON.

Please note that all correspondence and submissions on this matter may be the subject of a request under the Official Information Act 1982. If there is any part of your correspondence that you consider could properly be withheld under that Act, please include comment to that effect and give reasons why you would want it withheld.

The closing date for submissions is Friday 16 February 2007.

Publication availability

The discussion document is available in Word and PDF format below:

Proposal that Herbal Medicine become a regulated profession under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (Word, 238 KB)
Proposal that Herbal Medicine become a regulated profession under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (PDF, 149 KB)

Publishing information

Date of publication: November 2006

ISBN 0-478-30085-9 (Booklet)
ISBN 0-478-30086-7 (Web)

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