Annual Practising Certificates

Every practitioner who wishes to obtain an Annual Practising Certificate must apply to the Registrar on the required form.  The Board has the following four (4) categories:

1. (if a  "first time" application for Registration AND Annual Practising Certificate) - Application for Registration available on the Registration page (please choose the form relevant to your situation)
   
2. (if applying for a first time Annual Practising Certificate after being granted initial registration) - download payment form at bottom of left hand navigation bar
   
3. (if renewing between 1 February and 31 March only ) - Application for renewal of an Annual Practising Certificate - click here
4. (if renewing an expired APC) - Application for Restoration of an Annual Practising Certificate - Application for Restoration available on the Registration page

No person may claim to be practising chiropractic or do anything to suggest that they are practising chiropractic unless they hold a current Annual Practising Certificate with a Scope of Practice of Chiropractor.

The fee for an Annual Practising Certificate is $1,100 incl GST.  This payment must be received by the Registrar prior to 31 March in each year.  If the payment is received after this date, an additional late fee of $100 will apply. Payments can be made by personal cheque, bank cheque (made out to the Chiropractic Board) or by MasterCard or VISA. 

Receipts for payments are sent with the Annual Practising Certificate.

An Annual Practising Certificate is valid from 1 April each year until 31 March of the following year. The Annual Practising Certificate may be issued for a period less than one year. depending upon the date payment is made.  Your Scope of Practice (Chiropractor) will be endorsed on the Annual Practising Certificate.  Detailed information about the Scope of Practice can be found in this website.

Once a practitioner has submitted an application including the required fee, the practitioner is regarded as holding that Annual Practising Certificate from the date when the authority receives the application until the date of expiry or the practitioner is notified by the Registrar that it will not be issued. Please note in your diary when you posted your Annual Practising Certificate application.

The Registrar will issue an Annual Practising Certificate if they believe that there are no reasons to refer the application to the Board under section 27(1). of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 .  The Registrar may decline to issue an Annual Practising Certificate if satisfied that any information included in the application is false or misleading.

There are a number of grounds set out in the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 that may lead to an Annual Practising Certificate being restricted namely:

The applicant:

• has failed to maintain the required standard of competence.
• has failed to fulfil or comply with a condition included in the applicants scope of practice.
• has not satisfactorily completed the requirements of any competence programme that the applicant has been ordered by the authority to complete.
• has not held an APC within the 3 years immediately preceding the date of the application.
• is unable to perform professional functions because of some mental or physical condition.
• has not within the 3 years immediately preceding the date of application lawfully practised his or her profession.