The Drug and Alcohol Practitioners’ Association, Aotearoa-New Zealand is a society incorporated in 2003 to represent the professional interests of its members: the practitioners and clinicians working in addiction treatment.
Anyone with an interest in addiction treatment can apply for membership. Membership confers the belonging to a professional organisation with a code of ethics and the opportunity to contribute to the development of the addiction treatment workforce.
In addition, experienced qualified practitioners can apply for registration of practitioner competency. This attests to their ability to work with addiction at an independent clinical case manager level. Current registered practitioners are listed on this site.
DAPAANZ has a Code of Ethics to which all its members are accountable.
1. To support and assist in the development of cultural competencies and of clinicians working with people from an ethnic base, particularly Maori and Pacific Peoples.
2. To support the scoping of and development of competency standards for clinicians working in specific or support roles in the field.
3. To advocate for and support the development of clear pathways by which clinicians can move from support roles to Registered Accredited Practitioner competence and beyond, should they choose.
4. To develop a process for maintenance of professional standards and continuing professional development for registered accredited practitioners.
5. To continue to manage the registration process for accredited practitioners over the short to medium term.
6. To apply for the registration of alcohol and drug clinicians under the Health Practitioners’ Competency Assurance Act.
7. To implement a process for managing complaints against its members on the grounds of competence or ethical standards.
