New Zealand Gazette – 2002 – No. 40

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✨ Maternity Services Specifications



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(a) appropriate assessment, care and treatment for a woman and/or baby who
present to an Authorised Practitioner(other than the Lead Maternity Carer or the
Back-up to the Lead Maternity Carer) for care during the four-week period
following Birth; and

(b) provision of information to the Lead Maternity Carer on the care provided.

See clause D4.5 for the payment rules applicable to this service.

5.8 Ultrasound Scans

5.8.1

A Radiologist or Obstetrician with a Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound (or
equivalent as determined by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) will provide the following services where a
payment for this service is claimed:

(a) conduct an ultrasound scan according to quality standards, such as those
of the Australasian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine;

(b) be physically present at the location where the examination is being
performed or, when using teleradiology, be available to review the
transmitted diagnostic images prior to the woman’s departure from the
place where the scan is conducted, thereby being available to tailor the
radiological examination to the clinical situation;

(c) obtain a permanent visual record of the scan and provide the referring
Authorised Practitioner with a written interpretation of the scan in a timely
manner; and

(d) for a nuchal translucency scan, inform the woman as to whether the
practitioner performing or supervising the scan has obtained appropriate
accreditation.

5.8.2

Subject to clause C5.8.1(b), all or part of an ultrasound examination may be
performed by a Medical Radiation Technologist registered in ultrasound imaging
with the Medical Radiation Technologists Board (or by a holder of a current
exemptions certificate issued by the Board).

5.8.3

The Ministry of Health will only give an exemption to clause C5.8.1(b) following
consultation with the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Radiologists and
where clause A2.4 applies.

See clause D4.6 for the payment rules applicable to this service.

5.9 Consulting Obstetrician Services

An Obstetrician will provide the following services where a payment for this service is
claimed:

(a) advice, care and treatment to a woman;

(b) referral to other services, if clinically warranted; and

(c) forwarding documentation to the Lead Maternity Carer detailing advice and
treatment given or recommended.

See clause D4.8 for the payment rules applicable to this service.

5.10 Obstetrician - Effecting Delivery

An Obstetrician will provide the following services where a payment for this service is
claimed:

(a) attendance & active participation at the delivery; and

(b) documentation in the clinical notes of the care provided.

See clause D4.7 for the payment rules applicable to this service.



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