Joining AHPAF
The Allied Health Professional Associations Forum is a group of allied health organisations who meet to collaborate and share ideas for improving the status of allied health in the health system.
Who is an Allied Health Professional?
AHPAF has developed and adopted the following definition:
The NZ professional health and disability workforce consists largely of three major groups: the medical professions, the nursing professions and the allied health professions.
The allied health professions have a distinct, specialised body of knowledge and skills and actively work with people accessing health and disability services across a range of settings.
Allied health professionals are appropriately qualified as defined in s12 (2)(a-e) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, have a professional association, an appropriate code of ethics and standards of practice, and a recognized system for monitoring ongoing competence.
In their practice, allied health professionals provide services and engage in activities which include:
à prevention
à assessment / evaluation
à identification / diagnosis
à treatment
à rehabilitation / habilitation
à advocacy
à promotion of health and wellbeing
à education
à research
AHPAF Members
As at October 2004, the following associations are members:
Aotearoa/NZ Association of Social Workers
NZ Association of Counsellors
NZ Association of Occupational Therapists
NZ Association of Optometrists
NZ Association of Psychotherapists (Te Roopu
Whakaora Hinengaro)
NZ Audiological Society
NZ College of Clinical Psychologists
NZ Dental Therapists Association
NZ Dietetic Association
NZ Institute of Medical Radiation Technology
NZ Psychological Society
NZ Society of Physiotherapists
NZ Society of Podiatrists
NZ Speech-Language Therapists Association
Visiting Neurodevelopmental Therapists
Association
NZ Public Service Association (Associate member)
For more information and application form, please contact:
Email: office@nzccp.co.nz
AHPAF
Working together to promote and support Allied Health Professionals
What is the Allied Health Professional Associations' Forum (AHPAF)?
AHPAF provides a forum for representatives of Allied Health Professional Associations to work together to:
à promote the value of allied health professional services
à make representations and submissions on issues of common interest to allied health professions
à develop effective working relationships with government and other key stakeholders
à take an active approach and be involved in development, implementation and monitoring of relevant health policies.
Vision
The Allied Health Professional Associations Forum is the recognised connected voice of Allied Health professionals advancing their common interests.
Allied Health professional groups are comparatively small in number compared to other health professionals.
Joining together increases our numbers significantly and gives us a strong voice on common interests and issues.
Each member association also benefits from the knowledge and skills shared within AHPAF.
Together we can advance the common interests of Allied Health professionals and make a difference!
Membership Categories
Full Membership
Allied Health Professional Associations whose members are required to:
à have a relevant tertiary (or equivalent) qualification
à have a recognised system for monitoring ongoing competence
à abide by professional standards of practice
à abide by a professional code of ethics
Associate Membership
Associations which:
à represent the interests of one or more of the allied health professions represented in AHPAF
à have registration in accordance with Part 4 S.14 of the Employment Relations Act 2000
Allied Health Professional Associations' Forum
Membership Application Form
Note: A letter of support for membership of the AHPAF from the Association's governing body is to be attached to this application.
Name of association: __________________________________________________________
Postal address: _________________________________________________________________
Email _____________________________ Tel __________________ Fax ________________
Name of association representative nominated to have voting rights within APHAF:
______________________________________________________________________________
Position: _________________________ Email: _____________________ Tel:____________
Name/s of up to two other association representatives who may attend APHAF meetings and who may be delegated voting authority:
_________________________________________________Email:_______________________
_________________________________________________Email:_______________________
Are your association members required to:
a) have a relevant tertiary (or equivalent) qualification* YES Ÿ NO Ÿ
b) have a recognized system for monitoring ongoing competence YES Ÿ NO Ÿ
c) abide by professional standards of practice YES Ÿ NO Ÿ
d) abide by a professional code of ethics YES Ÿ NO Ÿ
* as defined in s12 (2) (a-e) of the HPCA Act 2003 (see over)
If YES, to above questions, name the qualification:___________________________________
and attach copies of the professional standards of practice and code of ethics.
If NO, to the above questions, does your association represent the interests of one or more of the allied health professions represented in the AHPAF and have registration in accordance with Part4 S.14 of the Employment Relations Act 2000?
YES Ÿ
For completion by nominated representative of association applying for membership:
______________________________________________ agrees to abide by the AHPAF
Name of applying association Memorandum of Understanding
Signed: ____________________________ Name: _____________________________
Position: _____________________________
For AHPAF use only:
Application: Approved / Not approved Membership Category: Full / Associate
Signed: _____________________________ AHPAF Convenor Date: _____________
______________________________________________________________________________
Extract from Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
Section 12 (2) (a-e)
12 Qualifications must be prescribed
(2) In prescribing qualifications under subsection (1), an authority may designate 1 or more of the following as qualifications for any scope of practice that the authority describes under section 11:
(a) a degree or diploma of a stated kind from an educational institution accredited by the authority, whether in
(b) the successful completion of a degree, course of studies, or programme accredited by the authority:
(c) a pass in a specified examination or any other assessment set by the authority or by another organization approved by the authority:
(d) registration with an overseas organization that performs functions that correspond wholly or partly to those performed by the authority:
(e) experience in the provision of health services of a particular kind, including, without limitation, the provision of such services at a nominated institution or class of institution, or under the supervision or oversight of a nominated health practitioner or class of health practitioner.
Please send completed form with supporting documentation to:
Convenor, AHPAF
C/O
Contact Us: Gail Leach
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