Dear Ministry of Health,

I am a NZ Citizen.

According to the NZ Legislation website, the MOH is the administering agency for the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.

Section 7 of the HPCA Act states is titled Unqualified person must not claim to be health practitioner, and states.

(1) A person may only use names, words, titles, initials, abbreviations, or descriptions stating or implying that the person is a health practitioner of a particular kind if the person is registered, and is qualified to be registered, as a health practitioner of that kind.
(2) No person may claim to be practising a profession as a health practitioner of a particular kind or state or do anything that is calculated to suggest that the person practises or is willing to practise a profession as a health practitioner of that kind unless the person—
(a) is a health practitioner of that kind; and
(b) holds a current practising certificate as a health practitioner of that kind.
(3) No person may make an express or implied statement about another person that the other person is prohibited by subsection (1) or subsection (2) from making about himself or herself.
(4) Subsection (2) does not prohibit a person from stating his or her willingness to practise a profession for the purposes of seeking employment if the person is, or would on obtaining that employment be, qualified to be registered as a health practitioner of that profession and to hold a current practising certificate as a health practitioner of that profession.
(5) Every person commits an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding $10,000 who contravenes this section.

I request information as to who has the statutory authority and obligation for investigating and bring charges of the offence described under section 7 of the act. I am not seeking legal advice, only documentation.

Thank you.
AS Van Wey