Healthcare Definitions and Principles




7 NOVEMBER

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

4255

Oral Health Provider

A provider of oral health Services who has met the requirements set out in clause E2.1 and who has claimed payment.

Patient

Any Eligible Person who is designated under clause F6 to be an Eligible Person for the purposes of this Notice and where relevant for consent, includes the parent or guardian of that Patient.

Payment Agent

Our payment and reporting agent, Health Payments, Agreements and Compliance (HealthPAC), a business unit of the Ministry and includes any successor body.

Pharmaceutical Schedule

The Pharmaceutical Schedule published by the Pharmaceutical Management Agency (Pharmac) (the entity established pursuant to section 46 of the Act including any successor body).

Representative Body

A body or bodies that either we or Oral Health Providers consider to be representative of the interests of Oral Health Providers collectively.

Services

The Services as defined in Schedule F of this Notice.

Special Dental Benefits

The oral health Services set out in Schedule F of this Notice.

Uncontrollable Event

An event which is beyond the reasonable control of either one of us but does not include:

a. any risk or event which the person claiming could have prevented or overcome by taking reasonable care including having in place a reasonable risk management process; or

b. a lack of funds for any reason.

Working Day

A day on which your bank, our bank and our Payment Agent’s bank are open for business.

Year

Means calendar year unless otherwise specified in this Notice.

B3 EXPLANATION OF MĀORI PRINCIPLES/TIKANGA

Wairua

Spirit or spirituality

Recognition that the Māori view of spirituality is inextricably related to the wellbeing of the Māori consumer.



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2003, No 151


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2003, No 151





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🏥 Special Dental Benefits Notice Definitions (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Definitions, Dental Benefits, Health Services, Legal Terms

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🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Māori Principles, Tikanga, Wairua, Spirituality, Wellbeing