Archived standards
Note: These standards are not Council's current standards
This section of our website contains expired versions of our standards. These historic documents are provided for reference purposes only.
For our current standards, please see the link below:
Good Medical Practice
- Medical Practice in New Zealand - August 1995 [PDF, 2.9 MB]
- Good Medical Practice - February 2000 [PDF, 5.3 MB]
- Good Medical Practice - January 2002 [PDF, 4.8 MB]
- Good Medical Practice - November 2003 [PDF, 6.5 MB]
- Good Medical Practice - October 2004 [PDF, 7.2 MB]
- Good Medical Practice - June 2008 [PDF, 215 KB]
- Good Medical Practice - April 2013 [PDF, 686 KB]
- Good Medical Practice - June 2016 [PDF, 695 KB]
- Good Medical Practice - December 2016 [PDF, 642 KB]
Prescribing
- Improper prescribing practice with respect to addictive drugs - August 1992 [PDF, 106 KB]
- Improper prescribing practice with respect to addictive drugs - June 2001 [PDF, 91 KB]
- Statement on inappropriate prescribing of addictive drugs - June 2001 [PDF, 133 KB]
- Statement on Good Prescribing Practice - April 2010 [PDF, 107 KB]
- Prescribing drugs of abuse - April 2010 [PDF, 392 KB]
- Statement on good prescribing practice - November 2015 [PDF, 245 KB]
- Good Prescribing Practice - November 2016 [PDF, 271 KB]
- Statement on good prescribing practice - March 2020 [PDF, 85 KB]
Self-care and family care
- Statement on providing care to yourself and those close to you - August 2006 [PDF, 155 KB]
- Statement on providing care to yourself and those close to you - June 2007 [PDF, 321 KB]
- Statement on providing care to yourself and those close to you - June 2013 [PDF, 191 KB]
- Statement on providing care to yourself and those close to you - November 2016 [PDF, 196 KB]
Sexual boundaries
- Chaperone statement - June 1993 [PDF, 450 KB]
- Sexual abuse in the doctor patient relationship - June 1994 [PDF, 215 KB]
- Sexual abuse in the doctor patient relationship - December 1995 [PDF, 130 KB]
- Trust in the doctor patient relationship - July 2000 [PDF, 2.1 MB]
- Sexual boundaries in the doctor patient relationship - July 2004 [PDF, 2.4 MB]
- The importance of clear sexual boundaries in the doctor-patient relationship - July 2004 [PDF, 5.7 MB]
- Sexual boundaries - a guide for patients - October 2006 [PDF, 136 KB]
- Sexual Boundaries in the Doctor Patient Relationship - October 2009 [PDF, 121 KB]
Recertification and continuing professional development
- Recertification and continuing professional development - October 2010 [PDF, 562 KB]
- Recertification and continuing professional development - March 2011 [PDF, 1.6 MB]
- Recertification and continuing professional development - March 2013 [PDF, 210 KB]
- Recertification and continuing professional development - July 2013 [PDF, 535 KB]
- Recertification and continuing professional development - May 2014 [PDF, 561 KB]
- Recertification and continuing professional development - June 2014 [PDF, 567 KB]
- Recertification and continuing professional development - April 2015 [PDF, 564 KB]
- Recertification and continuing professional development - August 2015 [PDF, 562 KB]
- Recertification and continuing professional development - December 2015 [PDF, 562 KB]
- Recertification and continuing professional development - January 2016 [PDF, 594 KB]
- Recertification and continuing professional development - July 2016 [PDF, 626 KB]
- Recertification and continuing professional development - September 2016 [PDF, 547 KB]