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  • Home
  • About the Council
    • What we do
      • The Legislation
    • Who we are
      • Council Members
      • Council Registrar
    • When we meet
  • How to Register
    • New Zealand Applicants (New Zealand Qualification)
      • Information for Applicants
      • Checklist
    • Australian Applicants
    • Overseas Applicants
      • Competent Authority Pathway Programme (CAPP)
    • Appeals
    • Fees
  • Registered Osteopaths
    • Annual Practising Certificates
      • Applying for an APC
      • Renewing your APC
      • Restrictions on APC
    • Scope of Practice
    • Professional Development
    • FAQs
    • Code of Ethics
    • Making Complaints
  • Patients
    • What is Osteopathic Medicine?
    • Find an Osteopath
    • Making a Complaint
    • Glossary of Terms
  • Publications
    • Newsletters
    • Policies and Guidelines
    • Annual Reports
    • Gazette Archive
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    • Other NZ health regulatory bodies
  • Contact Us

Welcome to the official site of the Osteopathic Council of New Zealand

The regulatory authority established
by the Health Practitioners
Competence Assurance Act (2003).

 
 
 

The Osteopathic Council of New Zealand

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Parent Category: OCNZ
Published: 24 July 2009

The Osteopathic Council of New Zealand registers osteopaths and prescribes the qualifications and standards of ongoing competence required for osteopathic practice in New Zealand.

The Council was established by the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (2003). The principal purpose of this Act is to protect the health and safety of members of the public by providing for mechanisms to ensure that health practitioners are competent and fit to practice their professions.

Only osteopaths who are registered with the Osteopathic Council, and hold a current practising certificate, may use the title of osteopath and legally practice osteopathy in New Zealand.

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Assisting Osteopaths

  • Information and resources for:
  • Osteopaths currently practising in New Zealand
  • Osteopaths wanting to practise overseas

Assisting Patients & the Public

  • Find a registered osteopath in your region
  • Find out more about what osteopaths do
  • Read out latest Annual Report
  • Make a complaint

The Osteopathic Council has designed this site as a resource for:

  • Osteopathic practitioners currently practising in New Zealand
  • Osteopaths wishing to practise in New Zealand

We also provide information and resources for members of the public who:

  • Use osteopathic services
  • Wish to find a registered osteopath in their region
  • Need to use the complaints process.

News for Osteopaths

  • Mandatory Child and Adolescent Health Recertification Programme

    Recertification Programme letter Notice of New Recertification Programme: Child and Adolescent Health in Osteopathy Ara Institute of Canterbury information leaflet...

  • ACC Feedback - Acupuncture Modalities

    Over the last two years ACC has been working with an expert reference group on an evidence-based review on acupuncture modalities. The full evidence-based review commissioned from the University of South Australia, Consensus Document from the expert reference group and a 1 page description of the...

  • Consultation on the Osteopathic Council’s Proposed Code of Conduct

    Introduction The Osteopathic Council is introducing a Code of Conduct to ensure it is setting appropriate standards of ethical conduct for osteopaths to protect the health and safety of health consumers. The Council is required to set standards of ethical conduct to be observed by osteopaths under...

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