About | Board Committees and Functions

The Board has a number of committees working on specific tasks, which they report on to the Board.  Committee memberships and tasks are:

• Education and Accreditation Committee: Vernon Tile, Barbara Ryan, Avis McIntosh, Barbara Cormack and Carol Wham. This committee reviews the education programmes offered in New Zealand that prepare students for registration as Dietitians, as well as researching current tools for accrediting educational institutions and their degrees, courses or programmes, and makes the resulting recommendations on processes to the Board. 
  
• Registration and Assessment Committee: Mary McNab, Avis McIntosh, Barbara Cormack, Eruera Maxted and the Primary Assessor. This committee determines what evidence applicants for registration will have to submit, and works on the establishment of procedures for assessing qualifications and processing applications. 
  
• Finance and Administration Committee: Vernon Tile, Mary McNab and Barbara Ryan. This committee governs the Board's public relations, including the design and production management of forms & publications. They review and set the fees charged by the Board. They also develop administrative processes to ensure efficiency and review the Board's website and other communications.
  
• Continuing Competence Committee: Vicki Robinson, Eruera Maxted, Barbara Cormack, Carol Wham and Sue MacDonell. The role of this committee is to determine the required standard of competence, what areas competence must be shown in & to determine how it is to be proved to the Board, and all aspects of how the Continuing Competency Programme is run.
  
• Complaints Committee: Avis McIntosh and another member to be decided, will be responsible for any disciplinary matters or complaints needing investigation.

The Board has procedures in place to facilitate the establishment of a Professional Conduct Committee should this become necessary at any time in the future.