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4202 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 172
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
NOTICE TO GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
UNDER SECTION 88 OF THE
NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC HEALTH AND DISABILITY ACT 2000
(amending a notice originally given under section 51 of the
Health and Disability Services Act 1993)
1. Background
From 1 May 2000, the Health Funding Authority paid General Practitioners according to a Notice issued under section 51 of the Health and Disability Services Act 1993 ("the Notice"). The Notice set out the terms and conditions on which the Health Funding Authority would make payment to Practitioners for their services. When the Health and Disability Services Act was repealed, the Notice was continued as a section 88 Notice under Section 112(3) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act. The Ministry of Health transferred its obligations under the Notice to District Health Boards by means of the Health Sector Transfers (Provider Arrangements) Order 2001 (SR 2001/135).
By this amendment, all District Health Boards, with the approval of the Minister of Health, issue these amendments to the Notice.
2. Commencement
This amendment takes effect on 1 February 2002.
3. Amendment to Schedule 2
Schedule 2 of the Notice is amended by inserting a new Section B after clause 9.9 of Schedule 2 as follows:
"Section B: Provider Quality Specifications
"B1 Application of Provider Quality Specifications
"B1.1 This section B describes the generic quality specification that the General Practitioner must meet to the fullest extent reasonably achievable within the amount of funding provided when providing services under this agreement. However, the General Practitioner may do this either as an individual practitioner or from an overall service perspective with the General Practice to which the Practitioner belongs.
"B1.2 Where the General Practitioner notifies the District Health Board of problems regarding the application of the provider quality specifications both the District Health Board and the General Practitioner will agree on a reasonable time frame for the General Practitioner to meet to the fullest extent reasonably achievable the provider quality specifications in this Section B;
"B1.3 Where the District Health Board and the General Practitioner have discussed and agreed in writing the General Practitioner may provide the Services to differing quality standards, such as those in clause B1.4 below, provided that:
i) any provider quality specification(s) not covered by these different standards must continue to be met.Next Page →
Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2001, No 172
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2001, No 172
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