Contents
1 Introduction 1
Overview 1
An invitation to comment 1
2 The Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 2
Section 116 of the HPCA Act 2
Why regulate a profession? 2
The implications of regulation under the HPCA Act 2
Who does the HPCA Act currently cover? 3
Regulatory authority 4
3 The Profession of Traditional Chinese Medicine 5
What is TCM? 5
Minimum qualifications to practise as a practitioner of TCM in New Zealand 5
Scopes of practice for TCM 7
Evidence that the public is at risk of harm by the practice of TCM 7
4 Proposal to Regulate Traditional Chinese Medicine: Discussion Questions 8
Appendix 1: Criteria for Assessing Applications for Regulation under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (effective from September 2010) 9
The criteria for applying for regulation 9
Guidelines for interpreting the criteria 11
Appendix 2: International Regulation of TCM15

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