Pursuant to section 32 of the Health and Disability
Services (Safety) Act 2001 (“the Act”), the Director-General of Health designates Bureau Veritas Quality International (“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)
Rest Home Care (as defined in section 6 (2) of the Act)
Residential Disability Care (as defined in section 4 (1) 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 physical or sensory disabilities, intellectual disabilities, psychiatric disabilities or mental illnesses, the auditing agency observes the following:
? For audits involving services for people with physical or sensory disabilities, a person with a pronounced physical or sensory 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; and
? for people with psychiatric disabilities or 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.
3. The auditing agency must complete the accreditation process for JAS?ANZ Procedure 32 and provide the Director?General of Health with a copy of the JAS?ANZ Accreditation Schedule showing accreditation to Procedure 32 by 18 October 2006 (or, if not by
18 October 2006, by any later date, as advised in writing by the Director-General of Health).
This notice, which expires on 18 October 2008, revokes and replaces in its entirety the notice that designated Bureau Veritas Quality International, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 27 October 2005, No. 180, page 4556.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of April 2006.
K. O. POUTASI (DR), Director-General of Health.