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Membership categories and fees

College members pay an annual membership fee.

Registrars (doctors completing their GPEP or Division of Rural Hospital Medicine training) also pay training fees for each year they are enrolled in training (invoiced separately).

The membership year runs from 1 April to 31 March. Please note that all fees noted below exclude GST and are valid until 31 March 2025. In addition a faculty levy ($80 or $40) and research and education levy ($10) applies.

If required, please see the College Rules for definitions of the membership categories.

Fellows

Fellows and Distinguished Fellows registered in the vocational scope of general practice earning more that $60,000 per year (income from medical practice before tax)

$1,284.19

Fellows and Distinguished Fellows registered in the vocational scope of general practice earning less than $60,000 per year (income from medical practice before tax)

$769.24

Vocational training programme on hold for 4-12 months*

$385.31

*This must be agreed by the College prior to the hold taking place and cannot be backdated.

Member

Members registered in the vocational scope of general practice working more than 5/10ths in any field

$1,284.19

Members registered in the vocational scope of general practice working 5/10ths or less in any field

$769.24

Vocational training programme on hold for 4-12 months*

$385.31

*This must be agreed by the College prior to the hold taking place and cannot be backdated.

Associate in Training (Registrars)

Associates in Training working more than 5/10ths in any field

$1,284.19

Associates in Training working 5/10ths or less in any field

$641.41

Vocational training programme on hold for 4-12 months*

$385.31

*This must be agreed by the College prior to the hold taking place and cannot be backdated.

Associate in Practice

Associates in Practice working more than 5/10ths in any field

$1,284.19

Associates in Practice working 5/10ths or less in any field

$641.41

Vocational training programme on hold for 4-12 months*

$385.31

*This must be agreed by the College prior to the hold taking place and cannot be backdated.

Retired and non-active

Permanently retired or doctors temporarily not working for 12 months or more OR practicing less than two weeks a year, e.g. parental leave, volunteer service abroad, sabbatical

$127.83

Overseas

Doctors absent from New Zealand for more than 12 months and not enrolled in the College’s CPD programme

$127.83

Other

Doctors not currently working in general practice or enrolled in CPD or other College programmes but who are employed in another aligned scope of practice

$127.83

Additional fees

Division of Rural Hospital Medicine levy

$365.00

A fee to be part of the Division of Rural Hospital Medicine

Advanced Competency levy - cosmetic medicine

$305.00

Doctors who have vocational registration in general practice and who have been accredited by the College as having an advanced competency in cosmetic medicine