Online Examination
Eligibility for Medical Laboratory Scientist Examination:
The online examination is a gazetted pathway to registration and is only available to you if the Council assesses you meet the criteria to be offered the opportunity to sit the examination.
You may be offered the opportunity to sit the online examination if you:
- hold a relevant New Zealand or overseas undergraduate or post-graduate science degree combined with appropriate medical laboratory science experience; and
- the MSC’s Registration Committee has reviewed your application, and deemed that your qualification is not substantially equivalent to the required New Zealand standard.
If the Council considers you meet the criteria outlined above, the Council may then offer you the opportunity to sit the online examination as a pathway to registration under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.
Eligibility for Anaesthetic Technician Examination:
The online examination is a gazetted pathway to registration and is only available to you if the Council assesses you meet the criteria to be offered the opportunity to sit the examination.
You may be offered the opportunity to sit the online examination if you:
- hold a relevant qualification in anaesthetic technology combined with relevant and specialised anaesthetic technology experience; and
- the MSC’s Registration Committee has reviewed your application, and deemed that your qualification is not substantially equivalent to the required New Zealand standard.
If the Council considers you meet the criteria outlined above, the Council may then offer you the opportunity to sit the online examination as a pathway to registration under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.
Enrolment
To enrol in the examination, you need to send in the signed online exam agreement and pay the online examination fee. The agreement and payment must be received before enrolment closes for the examination you wish to sit.
Please note, you must pay an examination fee each time you sit the examination. This means you must pay a new fee (and submit a new online examination agreement) if you are resitting the examination.
Registration
When registration opens, we will email you the URL for the online examination portal and your unique authorisation code. Once you are registered you can select the date and time you wish to sit the examination and sit a practice exam to help you become familiar with the structure and question style of a typical examination.
Location
The online examination is administered by Kryterion Inc. a company located in Arizona, USA. The online examination is completed via an online proctoring set-up. Online proctoring means that you log on through the internet to take your examination. You are monitored by a proctor employed by Kryterion Inc during your entire testing session in real-time. This monitoring involves your face, voice, desk and workspace being captured via a webcam, and a recording is made of these images for examination security and the integrity of the examination process.
If you are currently enrolled to sit the Online Examination, please contact the Examinations Coordinator for further information.
Delivery
The MSC’s online examination will be delivered through an online environment – and you will need to have access to a computer to sit the examination.
The exam will be overseen by an examination proctor whose role is to verify your identity and ensure that the instructions specified by the MSC are carried out.
We strongly recommend exam candidates schedule their exams between 8.30am to 1pm (New Zealand time) to maximise the technical support available to them.
Identification required
You will be required to provide the exam proctor with two forms of identification, one of which must be a current, valid government-issued photo identification. You must also provide your unique authorisation code.
Should the exam proctor have a reasonable concern about your ability to properly establish your identity or there is concern that identity documents are being misused, you will be refused access to the exam. Anyone who is refused access to the exam forfeits the prepaid examination fee.
Key dates
The 2025 online examination for medical laboratory science and anaesthetic technician scopes of practice - MLS ǀ Medical laboratory scientist, MLT ǀ Medical laboratory technician, MLPAT ǀ Medical laboratory pre-analytical technician, AT ǀ Anaesthetic technician – runs four times a year:
February 2025
Enrolment closes: 22 January
Registration: 24 to 28 January
Examination: 1 to 6 February
May 2025
Enrolment closes: 18 April
Registration: 23 to 27 April
Examination: 1 to 8 May
August 2025
Enrolment closes: 18 July
Registration: 24 to 28 July
Examination: 1 to 6 August
November 2025
Enrolment closes: 19 October
Registration: 22 to 26 October
Examination: 1 to 6 November