MSC Registration If you have been registered with the Council before or you have already applied for registration then go to the My Profile section of the website and login with the username and password that has been supplied. If you have not received a username and password then contact the Council msc@medsci.co.nz
Enter your personal details and select a password for your login to the site. Password must be 6 or more characters long and contain the following characters: lowercase, uppercase, punctuation characters. If you get the following message * Password is too short, it must be 6 or more characters long. * You need to increase the strength of your passwords by adding some of the following characters: lowercase, uppercase, punctuation characters Update your password so that it meets the password requirements. * fields are mandatory and must be completed before you can move to the next screen. If you forget your password in the future then use the Forgot Password option. Contact details You must update your contact details before you can continue through the application process. The fields marked with a red * are mandatory fields. Once you have completed the details, select the Continue button at the bottom of the screen. If you have any queries, please email the Council msc@medsci.co.nz You have the option of selecting Use My Residential Address Or Use My Work Address or Use Another Address as your postal address.
You must satisfy the Council that you have not been convicted by any New Zealand court or elsewhere of any offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of three months or longer. If you have been convicted of an offence punishable by a term of three months or longer, you must satisfy the Council that the offence does not reflect adversely on your fitness to practice in any of the scopes of practice in the profession of Medical Laboratory Science. You must satisfy the Council that you have not been the subject of an investigation in association with, professional disciplinary proceedings, and/or an order of a professional disciplinary tribunal.
MLS Qualifications
MLT Qualifications New Zealand Trained Applicant If you hold a New Zealand qualification, select NZ Trained Applicant. Overseas Applicant If you are an overseas applicant you must complete the details for an overseas applicant.
If you wish to register as a medical laboratory technician you must be able to communicate in English in the context of working in a laboratory, communicating results and liaising with medical staff and colleagues. If your medical laboratory science training was carried out in a language other than English,the Council will require evidence of proficiency in English before registration is approved. The Council accepts results in the academic version of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). You must attain an overall score of no less than 7.5, and band scores of no less than 7 in any category of the academic version of the IELTS. The IELTS results needs to be no more than 2 years old. If you are registered with a Registration Board/Authority in your country of residence or have been registered with any other Registration Boards/Authorities, please enter the name of the Registration Authority/Board, the date you were registered with the Registration Authority/Board and your registraion number.
If you have a qualification that has been approved as being substantially equivalent to the prescribed qualifications, you must also have a minimum of 12-months fulltime (or equivalent) employment in a medical laboratory, either in New Zealand or overseas. If you hold an other qualification you must also have a minimum of 12-months fulltime (or equivalent) employment as a trainee in an ISO 15189 accredited diagnostic medical laboratory in New Zealand.
MLS Declaration You must complete the declaration as per section 117 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003. Should you answer any of the questions "False" a dialogue box will appear and this must be completed before you move on to the next question. Should you select "False" the Council will review your explanation and if required may contact you. If you have any queries, please contact msc@medsci.co.nz Note: Under section 172 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, any person who commits an offence if they make any declaration or representation that, to their knowledge, is false or misleading, may be liable on summary of conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000. Payment Options Credit Card Credit card transaction will take you to the secure DPS Payment Express website. Enter your credit card information and Submit for payment to take place. An invoice will appear on the My Profile main page. Online Banking An invoice will appear on the My Profile main page. Go to your Internet Banking site. Select bill payee Medical Radiation Technologists Board Enter Registration number in Particulars field Enter invoice number in Analysis field Enter Practitioners surname in reference field
Information for Applicants
Under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (the Act) Council is required to maintain a register of Medical Laboratory Scientists and Medical Laboratory Technicians registered with the Council (sections 136-150). Section 7 (1) of the Act states: A person may only use names, words, titles, initials, abbreviations, or descriptions stating or implying that the person is a health practitioner of a particular kind if the person is registered, and is qualified to be registered, as a health practitioner. Without registration a person may not use any of the names/titles/abbreviations used for the eight specified scopes of practice within the profession of medical radiation technology, or do anything calculated to suggest that he/she is qualified to be registered or able to practise in any of those scopes of practice. The Council can only register you if you meet the qualifications, experience, and fitness for registration requirements set by the Board, under the Act. You can apply to register in the Medical Laboratory Scientist scope of practice.