NZPsS Submissions

The Society regularly makes submissions on important professional and social issues.  Click on the links below to read NZPsS submissions.

Submissions in 2010:

• Submission to the Independent Clinical Pathway Review on the new clinical pathway for sensitive claims (June 2010)
• Discussion Paper: Psychologist Workforce Development Issues - Trainee intern placements (May 2010)
• NZPsS Submission: Parliamentary Inquiry into the Identification, Rehabilitation and Care and Protection of Child Offenders (March 2010)
• Towards optimal primary mental health care in the new primary health care environment (February 2010), a submission to the Ministry of Health

Submissions in 2009:

• Briefing for the Minister of Education (May 2009), a briefing paper.
• Briefing for the Minister of Health and the Associate Minister of Health (April 2009), a briefing paper.
• Qualifications for Counselling Children through the Family Court (27 February 2009), a submission to the Ministry of Justice on behalf of the NZPsS.
• Response from the NZPsS (18 February 2009) to the 'Proposed Recommendations of the Review of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act' 

 Submissions in 2008:

• Letter to Sue Bradford (September 2008) with Submission to Justice and Select Committee on the Crimes (Abolition of Force as Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill.
• Submission on ACC Proposal (August 2008)  to move treatment provider and registered health professional definitions into regulations; and to amend existing definitions and add new definitions; and to amend the Accident Insurance ('Counsellor') Regulations 1999.
• Submission on Sec 59 to Justice and Select Committee on the Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline)  Amendment Bill.
• Letter in support of Child Discipline Act 2007 (July 2008)
• Submission to Accident Compensation Corporation on the ACC Counsellor Category Provider   (June 2008)
• Submission on the review of the scopes of practice for psychologists (May 2008) in response to the Psychologists Board's scopes of practice consultation paper

Submissions in 2007:

• Submission on the review of the operation of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (HPCCA) 2003  (December 2007) to the Ministry of Health by the Executive Committee of the New Zealand Psychology on behalf of the Society.
• Submission on continuing competence for psychologists (October 2007) in response to the Psychologists Board's proposal (For more information on the HPCA Act see the Ministry of Health website).
• Submission on Psychologists' access to ethics committees for reviews of proposed research (2007) to the Health Minister, the Honourable Pete Hodgson on behalf of the Society.

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• Submission on the form of regulation of Psychotherapy under the HPCAA Act 2003.  To the Ministry of Health on the behalf of the Society.