How to Renew your Annual Practicing Certificate APC for Newzeland Nursing Council/AHPRA Registration

APC Renewal Explained step by step in malayalam. With screen recording
എങ്ങനെ APC Renew ചെയ്യാം for NZ nursing council
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The Council is required to define practising, to determine whether a nurse has maintained the required standard of continuing competence and whether a nurse requires a practising certificate.

Nursing practice is using nursing knowledge in a direct relationship with clients or working in nursing management, nursing administration, nursing education, nursing research, nursing professional advice or nursing policy development roles, which impact on public safety.

This means that a person who has the responsibilities of a nurse as defined by the Nursing Council scopes of practice and is using their nursing knowledge in a direct relationship with clients should hold a practising certificate.

If a nurse is employed in one of the other roles set out in the definition, they may not require a practising certificate unless their role impacts on public safety.
If you return to practise outside your normal quarter renewal, a practising certificate is issued for an adjusted period and the fee will be adjusted accordingly.

If you are newly registered the same principle applies and you will be asked to pay for an APC that brings your annual renewal date in line with everyone else with a birthday in the same quarter. This will be valid for either:

6 months (with a fee of NZ$65.00) or
9 months (with a fee of NZ$97.50) or
12 months (with a fee of NZ$130.00).
All fees quoted include the compulsory disciplinary levy and GST.

APC fees are non-refundable.

If you do not apply for renewal before your current APC expires you may be working without a current APC. This is not permitted under the Act and may lead to disciplinary action.

To protect public safety, employers also have a responsibility to ensure that the nurses in their workplace hold current APCs.

If you are no longer practising or do not intend to practise after your APC expires, you do not need to renew.

This could be because you are:

retired
currently practising overseas
not returning to practise or on a break.


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