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Comment by Stiofán Mac Suibhne on August 29, 2010 at 11:58am

Howdy LSO types:)

Thought I ought to join this groups seeing that I am an LSO alumnus

I live/work in NZ. I have been here for 5 years now. I am am chair person of the regulatory authority, the Osteopathic Council of New Zealand. We have an ongoing of scope of practice reform process and introduced a second scope of practice for osteopaths last year in Western Medical Acupuncture:

http://www.osteopathiccouncil.org.nz/scopes-of-practice.html

We are currently looking considering other extended scopes of practice for osteopaths:
Gerontology
Pain Management
Paediatrics
Prescribing
Rehabilitation / occupational health.

We recently issued a white paper on scope reform. The Scope Reform report and other material on scope which might be interesting background can be downloaded from our website:

http://www.osteopathiccouncil.org.nz/clear-skies-report.html

or viewed on line in google docs:

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9mLgqmnA396MjA0NDBkNjUtMjhmYS00MW...

I would be interested in your views

Best wishes

Stiofan