Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) Requirements

The Board requires police clearance certificates as evidence of your good character within a country. These are sometimes referring to as a criminal history checks, police certificates or penal records.

Police Certificates must:

• be less than 3 months old when you submit your application
• include your full name and any another names you have legally been known by
• be provided to us with an English translation if it is not originally in English
• be stamped as a certified copy or to us directly by the issuing authority to registration@physioboard.org.nz
• be issued by the national police organisation of a country
  • State and Federal police certificates are required if you lived in the USA

For information on where you can apply for Police Certificates in a specific country, please see the Immigration New Zealand site below – look for the filter tool at the bottom of the page.

New Zealand Immigration - How to get a Police Certificate

List of other accepted formats

In addition to the options listed on the Immigration New Zealand site, we will also accept the following:

Do you accept 3rd party generated criminal record checks as Police Clearance Certificates?

No. At this stage, criminal record checks from anywhere other than the preapproved list are not acceptable to use as Police Certificates.

We do not accept criminal record checks from:

AIS

Fit2Work

Equifax

I have results from a Police Vetting check, can I use this as a Police Clearance Certificate?

No. At this stage, criminal record checks from anywhere other than the preapproved list are not acceptable to use as Police Certificates.

Do you require the fingerprint check, or just the Police Check for PCCs from Australia?

We only require the Police Check at this time.