WELCOME
to the website of the
PODIATRISTS BOARD OF NEW ZEALAND
TE POARI TIAKI WAEWAE O AOTEAROA
The Board operates under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 and is the regulatory body for the occupation of podiatry (and chiropody) in New Zealand. The Board's primary role is to protect the public interest by ensuring that podiatrists are safe and competent to practice.
Anyone who wishes to practice in New Zealand as a podiatrist, needs to be registered with the Board and hold a current Annual Practising Certificate (APC).
- Registration queries for both NZ and overseas trained podiatrists, click on "registration" in the left-hand box.
- Practitioner queries about APC and re-certification requirements, please click on "practitioners" then "re-certification requirements" in the left-hand box. The Podiatrists Board Recertification Framework (PBRCF) is essential reading before you apply for your APC. The Recertification Evidential Documents and sample logbook may be helpful for you when updating your PBRCF logbook.
- Returning to practice after 3 years or more, click here for the Board's Return to Practice policy. Please note practitioners who have not practised in New Zealand for 5 years or more are now required to sit the Board's Open Book Exam as a requirement to renewing their APC.
- PBRCF Prior Endorsed Providers are listed here. The Board automatically recognises credits for courses run by these organisations.
- Submitting a course for Board endorsement under the Recertification Framework, click here for the information the Board requires.
If you are not a registered podiatrist and wish to work in the area of Footcare, click here for the Board's Guidelines for Members of the Public Performing Footcare Services who are Not Registered Podiatrists.
For all queries, please contact the Board via the Registrar:
registrar@podiatristsboard.org.nz
Level 3, Freemason House, 195-201 Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand.
PO Box 10-140, The Terrace, Wellington, NZ.
Phone: +64 4 474 0706 Fax: +64 4 474 0709
