Please read the 'Terms and Conditions for Online APC Renewals', below
Introduction
The Dietitians Board promotes and protects the public interest by providing for mechanisms to ensure that dietitians are qualified, competent and fit to practise their profession. To achieve this, the Dietitians Board provides frameworks for the regulation of the dietetic profession (refer to ‘About Us’).
To pay for any of the Board's services, except for renewing Annual Practising Certificates (APCs) online - as per the ‘terms and conditions’ below, download and complete the Board’s Payment form and send the completed form and other required information (e.g. application forms), to the Registrar of the Dietitians Board.
Contact Details:
Jane de Lisle - Registrar
Email: dietitians@dietitiansboard.org.nz
Daytime phone number: +64 4 474 0746
Fax: +64 4 474 0709
Payments can be sent to:
PO Box 10-140
Wellington 6143 (postal)
New Zealand
OR
Level 3, Freemason House
195-201 Willis Street
Wellington 6011 (courier)
New Zealand
• All payments must be in New Zealand dollars.
• Payments from foreign credit cards will be processed in New Zealand dollars at the exchange rate on the day it is processed.
• The Board only accepts Visa and MasterCard credit cards. Please include the payment amount, credit card number, credit card expiry date, and the name on the credit card.
Prescribed and Gazetted Fees:
The Dietitians Board has prescribed fees for a number of services (refer to the Fees Payment form for a list of these fees). This includes the gazetted fee of NZ $552.00 incl. GST, for purchasing/renewing Annual Practising Certificates (APCs).
NB: The Board increased the Equivalency Assessment fee for overseas trained dietitians (other than those eligible under the UK trained and registered dietitians’ policy) to $700.00 incl.GST. This applies to equivalency assessment applications received from 1 December 2011.
Online APC Renewal Process - Information, Terms and Conditions
From February 2012, the Dietitians Board intends to be able to process online applications with payment to renew APCs, upon receipt of NZ $552.00 and of the required declaration/information. This online APC renewal process will only be available from February to 31 March 2012, and will be closed after that date.
Please read the following information carefully.
Your access and payment by Creditcard will be taken to be acceptance by you that you agree to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions:
• All applications to renew an APC must be received before 31 March 2012. It is illegal for a dietitian to continue practising after 31 March 2012, if his/her application has not been received by the Board.
• You will only be eligible to renew your APC online if you are a currently practising dietitian and you have completed the required minimum number of credits and activities in ‘My CCP’, to have gained a green tick in the ‘APC Approved’ box, enabling you to proceed.
• Should there be a valid reason for entering fewer than the required credits - such as working less than one year (e.g. returning from maternity leave, or from overseas, or time in other employment), please identify these reasons to the Registrar prior to applying for the APC online.
• After payment has been made online (by credit card payment-Visa or Mastercard only), the declaration/information has been approved by the Registrar and the payment has been processed by the Secretariat’s Administrator, the applicant will be sent the APC for the 2012/2013 year by normal post. This process is expected to take approximately one week.
• If the application is made online but the paperwork is posted to the Registrar with a cheque,(either by the applicant or by the employer), the process will likely take two weeks, including cheque clearance time.
• Fees are in NZ dollars.
• There is currently no surcharge for paying by credit card.
• Once an application has been made and activated, there are no cancellations or refunds, unless the Board declines your application for an APC, or there are other exceptional circumstances.
Note about Online Credit Card Payments from your Workplace
It is possible that some employers’ computer systems may have strict security settings preventing the Board’s website from directing users to the secure credit card processing page. If the computer system at your workplace is preventing you from accessing the secure credit card processing page when you are attempting to pay online, please contact your IT team, or submit your payment by logging on from a computer in a different network (e.g. at home).