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Costs of regulation

There would be two main costs.

The first is the initial Registration fee which would be paid at the time you were registered.

The other cost is the Annual Practicing Certificate fee which is paid each year a practitioner is registered.

The initial registration fee helps pay for the set up costs of the Responsible Authority, while the Annual Practicing Certificate fee funds the ongoing operation of this group.

As an example, we’ve estimated how much a Registration fee and the Annual Practicing Certificate fee might be, taking into account the amount of money needed to run the Responsible Authority and to cover all the costs around compliance.

If 1,000 practitioners are regulated (in other words, ILS and ALS levels only)
The initial, one-off Registration fee that each person being registered would pay would be around $250.00 and the Annual Practicing Certificate fee would be in the order of $425.00 per practitioner.

If 3,000 – 4,000 practitioners are regulated (in other words, BLS, ILS and ALS levels)
The Registration fee could be more like $150.00 and the Annual Practicing Certificate fee around $200.00 per practitioner.

These costs are only an indication as the actual costs of operating the Responsible Authority will depend on the number of complaints and competency reviews that would need to be held each year.

It’s the individual’s responsibility to pay the Registration and Annual Practicing Certificate fees. However, in New Zealand it is common practice for health practitioners who are employed to receive reimbursement of the Annual Practicing Certificate fee, having negotiated their employment terms and conditions with their employer.