Pursuant to section 32 of the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001, the Director-General of Health designates Bureau Veritas Quality International to audit the provision or likely future provision of the following kinds of health care services:
Hospital services that are:
? Surgical services
? Medical services
? Mental health services
? Geriatric services
Aged related residential services that are:
? Rest home care
Residential disability services:
? Intellectual
This designation is subject to the following conditions:
That Bureau Veritas Quality International 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 intellectual disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities or mental illnesses, the auditing agency observes the following:
? 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 psychiatric disabilities or mental health 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.