Pursuant to section 32 of the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001 ("the Act"), the Director-General of Health designates Verification New Zealand Limited ("the auditing agency") to audit the provision or likely future provision of the following kinds of health care services:
Hospital Care (as defined in section 4 (1) of the Act):
? Children's health services
? Medical services
? Surgical services
? Mental health services
? Geriatric services
Rest Home Care (as defined in section 6 (2) of the Act).
This designation is subject to the following conditions:
1. The auditing agency must ensure that where it audits the provision of health care services 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.
This designation will expire three years after the date of this notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
Dated at Wellington this 6th day of September 2002.
KAREN O. POUTASI, Director-General of Health.