Pursuant to section 32 of the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001, the Director-General of Health designates Allied Certification Services Pty Limited to audit the provision or likely future provision of the following kinds
of health care services:
Hospital services that are:
? Mental health services
Residential disability services:
? Intellectual
? Physical
This designation is subject to the following conditions:
That Allied Certification Services Pty Limited is designated on the conditions that:
1. The auditing agency must ensure that where it audits the provision of health care services for people
with physical or intellectual disabilities, or mental illnesses, the auditing agency observes the following:
? For audits involving services for people with physical disabilities, a person with a pronounced physical disability must fully participate in all aspects of the audit.
? For audits involving services for people with intellectual disabilities, a person with an intellectual disability (accompanied by a support person where necessary), or a close family or whanau member
of a person with an intellectual disability, must participate in all aspects of the audit.
? For people with mental illnesses, a past or present consumer of mental health services must fully participate in all aspects of the audit.
2. The auditing agency must inform the Ministry of Health immediately by way of written notice if
there is any change to their accreditation status with JAS-ANZ.
Dated at Wellington this 5th day of August 2002 and expiring on the 5th day of August 2005.
K. O. POUTASI, Director-General of Health.