Recertification requirements for doctors on provisional general scope (PGY1 interns)

If you are registered and practising in the provisional general scope as either a New Zealand or Australian medical graduate, or a doctor who has passed the NZ Registration Examination, you are required to complete prevocational medical training.

This includes interns working in a Council-accredited training programme in PGY1 and PGY2.

  • Supervision of interns

    3 April 2023

    Graduates of Aotearoa New Zealand and Australian accredited medical schools and doctors who have sat and passed an approved medical registration examination, including the New Zealand Registration Examination (NZREX Clinical) complete prevocational medical training.

  • Supervision of international medical graduates

    6 September 2023

    All international medical graduates (IMGs) registered in a provisional general, provisional vocational and special purpose scope of practice must be supervised. This is to support their practice while they become familiar with the New Zealand health system and the expected standard of medical practice.