Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Requirements
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
CPD is important for health practitioners because it underpins safe, effective, and credible practice in a field that constantly evolves. CPD helps naturopaths:
- Keep clinical practice evidence-informed
- Supports ethical, independent decision-making
- Demonstrate professional standards in a self-regulated profession
- Supports client safety and quality of care
- Enhances practitioner career development and skills.
In order to remain a member of NMHNZ, all Professional members are required to complete 60 credits of CPD within a 2-year period.
How it works:
New members to NMHNZ are exempt from requiring CPE points for the first year of membership. In the second year, they are required to have completed a minimum of 20 credits in year 2 and the remainder in year 3.
Where insufficient credits have been achieved in one year these can be made up in the second year (e.g. 20 credits (year 1) and 40 credits (year 2). Members who exceed CPE points cannot transfer outstanding points beyond a 2-year period.
Failure to complete the required credits will result in withdrawal of practising membership to non-practising membership until sufficient credits are achieved.
Members claiming certification in naturopathy and herbal medicine are required to complete a minimum of 10 points per year in herbal medicine related CPE. Members who hold other regulated professional memberships (e.g. nurse, dietitian, registered nutritionist, physiotherapist etc.) can claim 10 points related to other professional membership that is in common with practice as a naturopath.