Te Kaunihera Pūtaiao Hauora O Aotearoa | The Medical Sciences Council (the Council) is proposing to increase medical laboratory science practitioner and applicant fees for the 2025/2026 practising year.

The Council’s income is derived mostly from fees associated with the issuing of practising certificates. As part of its budget processes the Council makes a projection of expected annual income based on current volumes of practitioners, the number of matters it is managing related to competence and discipline, and other factors. The Council must ensure it has sufficient funds in order to operate each year and that it has sufficient reserves to take into account unexpected matters such as a decrease in the number of practitioners applying to renew practising certificates, variation in the number and type of professional conduct matters that it must investigate as well as external factors that impact on the number of practitioners seeking registration.

In order to maintain the appropriate level of reserves and its financial sustainability, the Council must adjust its fees in order to ensure that it can provide required services. The Council is therefore proposing to increase practitioner fees for the 2025/2026 practising year.

A link to the consultation document which sets out the proposals can be found here. The Council is seeking feedback from practitioners and relevant stakeholders in respect of the proposed changes.

Your submissions must be received by 11:59pm on Monday 2 December 2024.

The Council may publish consultation responses on the website unless you have asked us not to. If you are submitting as an individual, we will automatically remove your personal details and any identifiable information.

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