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.
? 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 is required to conduct annual health and disability focused audits, together with a compliance audit against the requirements of the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001.
3. The auditing agency is required to conduct annual health and disability services sector focused management reviews.
4. The auditing agency is required to provide written details of its internal appeals process to all clients.
This notice, which expires on 18 October 2008, revokes in its entirety the notice that designated Bureau Veritas Quality International pursuant to section 32 of the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001, published in the
New Zealand Gazette, 4 May 2006, No. 40, page 1039.
Dated at Wellington this 11th day of September 2006.
S. MCKERNAN, Director-General of Health.