New Zealand Gazette – 2001 – No. 172

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✨ Health Regulations Amendments



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District Health Board. The District Health Board (or the Ministry of Health) shall be the payment agent only for medical / illness related prescriptions for Eligible People); and

b) deleting clause 3.1.9 of Schedule 4, and replacing it with the following:

"3.1.9 Has supplied any pharmaceutical requirements contrary to the Pharmaceutical Schedule and/or subclause 4.2.3 of this Schedule"

  1. Amendments to Schedule 6

The Notice is amended:

a) by deleting clause 16(b) of Schedule 6, and replacing it with the following clause:

"16(b) Contain the date of referral, patient name, NHI where available, patient date of birth (if no NHI), patient gender (if no NHI), name of test or test code, and the identification of the appropriate payment agent, if it is not the District Health Board or Ministry of Health. (The District Health Board (or the Ministry of Health) shall be the payment agent only for medical / illness related prescriptions for Eligible People); and"

b) by adding the following clauses after clause 18 of Schedule 6 as clauses 19 and 20:

"19 Prohibition on Laboratory Referrer Incentives

19.1 No General Practitioner will accept any incentive or inducement from a laboratory service provider, either directly or indirectly.

19.2 An incentive or inducement includes, without limitation:

19.2.1 the provision of goods or services to the General Practitioner, or a person connected to the General Practitioner, where those goods or services are capable of being expressed in monetary terms and are provided without any corresponding obligation on behalf of the General Practitioner or connected persons to pay a reasonable price for the goods or services;

19.2.2 the payment of any money to, or on behalf of the General Practitioner, provided that the following is not an incentive or inducement:

a) the provision of the following items free of charge, in quantities reflecting regular patterns of usage:

i) specimen containers, including paediatric urine bags;

ii) fixatives;

iii) microbiological/virological swabs and/or transport media;

iv) alcohol swabs;

v) vacutainer holders, needles and needle guards;

vi) cervix spatulas, brushes and brooms;

vii) slides and slide carriers;

viii) biohazard/plastic bags, rubber bands;

ix) request forms, telephone request forms, laboratory handbook, antibiotic handbook and other laboratory information documents;

x) sharps containers for specimen taking (where you collect specimens);


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Pharmaceutical Schedule, Laboratory Schedule, Payment Agent, Eligible People, Prohibition, Incentives, General Practitioners