Recertification/CPD

Clinical competence requires Chinese Medicine practitioners to maintain a current first aid certification relevant to safe clinical practice.

The Council only accepts first aid certificates issued by New Zealand providers that meet the required New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) unit standards:

6401/26552 Provide First Aid, and
6402/26551 Provide resuscitation.

First aid certification (including recertification or refresher training) may count towards your CPD requirements.

First aid certificates are generally valid for two years. Practitioners must complete a refresher course before the certificate expires to maintain current certification.

A range of New Zealand providers offer first aid courses that meet the required standards. These include, but are not limited to:

St John – First Aid Level 1
New Zealand Red Cross – Comprehensive First Aid
Meditrain Ltd – Workplace First Aid

To support all registrants in meeting the Council's CPD Policy and audit standards, the Chinese Medicine Council of New Zealand has introduced a new mandatory learning activity: completion of the "Confident CPD: Understanding and Meeting Your Annual Requirements" Webinar and Quiz.

All practitioners must complete this year's compulsory CPD module. This includes:

Watching the full webinar, and
Completing the short online quiz linked at the end.

Please follow the instructions below carefully to avoid access issues.

You must watch the entire webinar recording before attempting the quiz.

At the end of the video, you will see a slide containing:

A QR code, and
A web link to the quiz

Both methods take you to the same SurveyMonkey quiz.

You can complete the quiz in one of two ways:

Option A — Scan the QR code

Open the camera on your mobile phone.
Hover it over the QR code shown at the end of the webinar.
Tap the link that appears to open the quiz.

Option B — Click or type in the link

This link is public and does NOT require any login.

Important — do not open the quiz through your work Microsoft account

Some practitioners have reported seeing a message like: "AADSTS90072: User account does not exist in tenant… cannot access Office 365 SharePoint Online…"

This happens when you try to open the SurveyMonkey link inside your work Microsoft 365 account — for example from your work Outlook inbox, SharePoint, or Microsoft Teams. Your work account belongs to your clinic's Microsoft tenant, not CMCNZ's, and Microsoft incorrectly assumes you're trying to access a protected Council SharePoint site.

If you receive this error, here's how to fix it

Option 1: Open the link in a private/incognito window

Chrome: Ctrl+Shift+N (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+N (Mac)
Edge: Ctrl+Shift+N
Safari: Cmd+Shift+N
Then paste in the quiz link.

Option 2: Copy and paste the link directly into your browser

Instead of clicking it from your email, copy the link above and paste it into your address bar.

Option 3: Scan the QR code on your phone

This opens the quiz outside your work Microsoft account, which avoids the error completely.

Note

Do not try to sign in with a Microsoft, Outlook, or work email account. The quiz does not require a login and SurveyMonkey does not need any authentication.

After completing all questions, click Submit at the bottom of the page. A confirmation message will appear.

The Council automatically receives a record of each submission. No certificate of completion will be issued.

If you wish to claim one CPD hour for this activity, you must log this activity in your MyCMCNZ CPD portal. You do not need to attach evidence for this CPD submission.

Need help?

If you have questions about logging CPD or how to access the Practice Standards, please contact the Council admin team.

The Council requires all practitioners to successfully complete the following Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora cultural safety and cultural competency courses either before registration or within six months of registration.

To access the courses, please create an account with the learning platform that applies to where you practise in New Zealand. If you are currently residing outside New Zealand, please create an account with the North Island learning platform.

Providing evidence of completion

Once you have completed all required courses, please email a Record of Learning showing your name to the Council Secretariat at [email protected] for recording purposes.

Create an account through Ko Awatea LEARN.

The courses listed below are mandatory and must be completed as specified. To help you locate the correct courses, we recommend copying and pasting the course titles directly from our website into the search function on the learning platform.

1. Understanding Bias in Health Care – HNZ

This introductory course consists of three video learning modules designed for health professionals who work directly with consumers or influence the delivery of healthcare services. The modules encourage practitioners to recognise and reflect on their own biases and consider how these may influence patient interactions, healthcare delivery, and health outcomes.

CPD: 1 hour

2. Foundations in Cultural Competency

This course will take you on a journey with someone who has never been to New Zealand before. Along with your travel buddy, you'll explore culture, the cultural history of New Zealand and see how culture can affect health and health care.

CPD: 1 hour

3. Module 1 | Nga Paerewa Te Tiriti o Waitangi

This eLearning module supports organisations to understand the steps they can take to be compliant with Te Tiriti requirements within Ngā Paerewa. It will also provide practical ways for providers and their staff to fulfil their requirements.

CPD: 1 hour

4. Module 2 | Nga Paerewa Te Tiriti eLearning

This eLearning module has been developed to help health and disability providers meet the requirements relating to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the updated Ngā Paerewa Health and Disability Services Standard NZS 8134:2021 ("Ngā Paerewa"). The course helps participants confidently take the first steps in implementing the updated requirements to better support whānau Māori who use or work in their services.

CPD: 1.5 hours

Create an account through healthLearn.

The courses listed below are mandatory and must be completed as specified. To help you locate the correct courses, we recommend copying and pasting the course titles directly from our website into the search function on the learning platform.

1. Understanding Bias in Health Care - HNZ NACD001

This introductory course consists of three video learning modules designed for health professionals who work directly with consumers or influence the delivery of healthcare services. The modules encourage practitioners to recognise and reflect on their own biases and consider how these may influence patient interactions, healthcare delivery, and health outcomes.

CPD: 1 hour

2. Foundations in Cultural Competency NACD005

This course will take you on a journey with someone who has never been to New Zealand before. Along with your travel buddy, you'll explore culture, the cultural history of New Zealand and see how culture can affect health and health care.

CPD: 1 hour

3. Ngā Paerewa Te Tiriti o Waitangi RGCD003

This eLearning module supports organisations to understand the steps they can take to be compliant with Te Tiriti requirements within Ngā Paerewa. It will also provide practical ways for providers and their staff to fulfil their requirements.

CPD: 1 hour

4. Ngā Paerewa Te Tiriti eLearning - Senior and executive management and leaders NACD004

This eLearning module has been developed to help health and disability providers meet the requirements relating to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the updated Ngā Paerewa Health and Disability Services Standard NZS 8134:2021 ("Ngā Paerewa"). The course helps participants confidently take the first steps in implementing the updated requirements to better support whānau Māori who use or work in their services.

CPD: 1.5 hours

Compulsory 'Confident CPD: Understanding and Meeting Your Annual Requirements'
'CPD/recertification' webinar — the Council facilitated an online seminar about the CPD/recertification programme. Click here to view the webinar .
'Informed Consent' Webinar, held 13 June 2024 — click here for a recording. The PowerPoint slides can be viewed here.
'Regulatory Remedies: Ensuring Lawful and Ethical Advertising of Chinese Medicine in NZ', Dr Kate Roberts PhD, August 2024 — click here to view the recording.
'How to' Webinar on how to comply with the Council's Policy on Continuing Professional Development for Chinese medicine practitioners. Click here to view the recording.
'Normalising Complaints in Chinese Medicine: A Regulator's Perspective', Dr Kate Roberts PhD & Lindsey Pine, Registrar, Nov 2025. Click here to view the recording.
New 'Consent when patients demand a refund', Dr Samantha King, Medical Protection Society, 15 April 2026. This presentation about complaints provides helpful solutions to cope with challenging situations in clinic. Click here to view the recording. Click here to view the slides. To obtain an attendance certificate, please email [email protected].

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