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How To Join

Charter Membership Qualifications

To become eligible for membership of the NZCHP a practitioner must be an accredited member of an affiliate signatory to the Charter and hold an accreditation in a recognised modality obtained from a Charter approved and accredited teaching institution.

For practitioners who have obtain a qualification from an unapproved teaching institution an application and submission providing full details of appropriate training, and experience if applicable, may be sent to the NZCHP to be forwarded to the Registrar of The Charter Registration Board.

An information pack can be acquired by contacting the NZCHP office:

Phone: (09) 414 5501
Fax: (09) 4145503
Email: email@healthcharter.org.nz

A full information pack on the application process can be downloaded here

Additional Qualifications

Chartered Members wishing to add qualifications in addition to those already accredited, may send certified photocopies of relevant documentation (including diplomas etc) obtained from approved teaching institutions to the Registrar of the Charter Registration Board.

Student Membership

Student membership is open to all students studying accredited diploma courses at Charter accredited teaching institutions. Click here to download a student application form

Upgrading from Student to Full Professional membership

On completion of a diploma course, a student member may send a certified photocopy to the Charter Administration Office addressed to the Registrar of The Charter registration Board accompanied by the appropriate fee.

Please contact the Charter Office prior to application to establish the payable amount as a reduction in the fee may apply for fees which have already paid as a student member. There is no requirement for a member to submit another application for membership.

On receipt of the cheque/money order/credit card details and accompanying documentation, the membership is immediately upgraded.

Annual Registration Renewals

All membership categories s are due for renewal prior to 1st April in each year. An invoice and renewal notice is sent to all members in late February. Reminder notices are also sent later in the year.

Membership categories and fees are as follows:

Membership Fees

All Membership fees are inclusive of GST
Full Professional Member $460 per annum
Associate Member $460 per annum
Student Member $165 per annum
An initial joining fee of $50 applies to all categories regardless of the time of year and must be paid on renewal if a member becomes unfinancial.

Half-year fees are available only to those members who are joining for the first time and who join between 1st September and 31st March in any year.

Annual Membership Renewal Notices

Renewal Notices are posted in late February each year. Please check carefully that all relevant details e.g. contact address clinic details and telephone numbers are correct. The member’s home telephone number is for NZCHP reference only, and unless authorised, is not published in the annual ‘Chartered Practitioner Directory’. All the modalities/therapies for which a member is accredited also appear on the renewal notice.

Student and Associate members do not have clinic addresses listed or modalities published as these categories only apply to full professional members.

Changing Membership Categories

If for any reason there is a need to change category of membership, the current practicing certificate is required to be returned to the NZCHP administration office and a new certificate will be issued acknowledging the change of membership status.

All Charter members are governed by a Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct. To download the full document click here.

Information on Continuing Education Credits can beviewed here.

The benefits of being a Professional Practitioner Member of
The New Zealand Charter of Health Practitioners Inc:

• Belonging to a unique Body of Health Professionals

• Charter Website – Promoting Affiliates and Chartered Practitioners

• The “Charter” Office Administration has an established Home Base in Albany Auckland.

• The Promotion and quarterly publication of the “Charter” Journal and our Annual Practitioner

• Directory, promoting you the “Chartered Practitioner” and the Natural HealthCare Profession

• Submissions and representation to Government Bodies on behalf of all members regarding the Health

• Practitioners Competence Assurance Bill (HPCA), Proposed Regulations to Create a New Zealand Register of Medical Devices, Inquiry into the proposal to establish a trans-Tasman agency to regulate therapeutic products. Representation to the Health Select Committee, Representation to meetings of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

• The above Represents many thousands of hours involving voluntary work on behalf of “Charter” members ensuring the “Charter” is a voice to be heard and listened to.

• Promotion within the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) with the development of ‘Professional Educational Standards’.

• Ensuring reviews, policy changes, and compliance with legislation involving practitioners within the health and disability sector are published to our members.

• The ‘Charter’ maintains a close working relationship with the ‘Health and Disability Commissioner’ and professional bodies.

• Networking and interacting with related ‘health professionals’

• Negotiating the best ‘Professional Liability Insurance Protection Cover’ for our ‘Chartered Practitioners’.

• The Charter is Currently Administered by Six Executive Board Members whose role is to grow the “Charter” organisation as a leading voice in the Health Sector, to increase “Charter” Membership, and are committed to promote the “Charter” and our members nationwide to the Public.

• The Executive Board is continually looking at ways of streamlining, improving and implementing efficiencies to the “Charter” Operations to keep costs at a minimum.

• In keeping with the changing times, and to ensure that the ‘Charter’ upholds and maintains and preserves our traditional heritage the executive board is implementing a visionary strategy embracing the next ten years.

• A significant part of our vision for the future is to ensure that the New Zealand Charter of Health Practitioners and our members become a household name

• With your support, as a valued individual Chartered Practitioner Member, encouraging other members from your Affiliate Organisation to join the Charter, we will together, strengthen and advance our Profession.

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