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What New Zealand's boards check before they register you
Each New Zealand board reads overseas qualifications its own way. The steps, standards and documents they name, and what follows a decision.
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What the NZ boards check before they register you, then every route we have written into New Zealand.
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Podiatrist to New Zealand: the Podiatrists Board route, step by step
New Zealand Podiatrists Board route for an overseas-trained podiatrist: a desk-top assessment, a possible practical, the COBE, then a practising certificate.
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Dispensing optician to New Zealand: the ODOB route, step by step
How New Zealand's ODOB reads an overseas dispensing qualification: the prescribed-qualification test, the CODE exam sat in New Zealand, and registration.
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Speech-language pathologist to New Zealand: the NZSTA route, step by step
New Zealand has no statutory board for speech-language therapy. How NZSTA's qualifications approval works for an overseas therapist, and what to prepare.
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Optometrist to New Zealand: the ODOB route, step by step
New Zealand's ODOB has two scopes for an overseas-trained optometrist: Provisional after the COE, full after ocular therapeutics. The steps and documents.
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Dietitian to New Zealand: the Dietitians Board's steps
What New Zealand's Dietitians Board asks of an overseas-trained dietitian: qualification recognition, two exams, then the register.
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Medical lab scientist to New Zealand: the Medical Sciences Council route, step by step
How New Zealand's Medical Sciences Council assesses an overseas-trained lab scientist: a complete upload, an equivalence review, then supervised practice.
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Radiographer to New Zealand: the Medical Radiation Technologists Board route, step by step
How New Zealand's MRTB registers an overseas radiographer as a medical imaging technologist, from the eligibility check to the practising certificate.
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Occupational therapist to New Zealand: the OTBNZ route, step by step
How New Zealand's OT Board assesses an overseas-trained OT: a competence self-assessment, three referees, posted originals, then a practising certificate.
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Physiotherapist to New Zealand: the PBNZ route, step by step
PBNZ's two doors for an overseas-trained physiotherapist: the International General Pathway's curriculum review, or the Express Pathway via HCPC or CORU.