New Zealand Gazette – 2003 – No. 168

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✨ Healthcare Notice



4642 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 168

ADVICE NOTICE TO ORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS UNDER SECTION 88 OF THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC HEALTH AND DISABILITY ACT 2000

SCHEDULE A: APPLICATION OF THIS NOTICE

A1 PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE

The purpose of this Notice, which is issued by all District Health Boards, is:

(a) to defer until 1 July 2004 the intended 1 January 2004 implementation of the General Dental Benefits Notice and the Special Dental Benefits Notice (the Proposed Notices), which revoked the four existing regional section 88 notices for dental benefits, namely:

(i) the Section 51 Advice Notice to Dentists issued by the Northern Regional Health Authority with effect from 1 July 1993;

(ii) the Section 51 Advice Notice to Dentists issued by the Midland Regional Health Authority with effect from May 1996;

(iii) the Section 51 Advice Notice to Dentists issued by the Central Regional Health Authority with effect from 1 July 1995;

(iv) the Section 51 Advice Notice to Dentists issued by the Southern Regional Health Authority with effect from 1 July 1993,

(the Existing Notices) and replaced them with nationally consistent terms and conditions for General Dental Benefits and Special Dental Benefits; and

(b) consequential to the deferral, to continue from 1 January 2004 until 30 June 2004, the terms and conditions of the Existing Notices, subject to changes in respect of pricing and duration, under section 88 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 (the Act).

A2 TERMS OF THIS NOTICE

A2.1 This is a Notice issued by all District Health Boards, namely Auckland DHB, Bay of Plenty DHB, Canterbury DHB, Capital & Coast DHB, Counties Manukau DHB, Hawke’s Bay DHB, Hutt DHB, Lakes DHB, MidCentral DHB, Nelson Marlborough DHB, Northland DHB, Otago DHB, South Canterbury DHB, Southland DHB, Tairawhiti DHB, Taranaki DHB, Waikato DHB, Wairarapa DHB, Waitemata DHB, West Coast DHB and Whanganui DHB, under section 88 of the Act.

This Notice (this Notice) sets out the terms and conditions for the provision of the dental services set out in Schedule C of this Notice, for General Dental Benefits and Special Dental Benefits (the Dental Benefits).

A2.2 This Notice defers the implementation of the Proposed Notices to 1 July 2004.

A2.3 This Notice reinstates the terms and conditions of the Existing Notices under section 88 of the Act, with effect from 1 January 2004, on the basis that all of the terms and conditions under the relevant Existing Notice applicable to a Dentist as at 31 December 2003 will apply to that Dentist from 1 January 2004, subject to the following:

(a) Appendices 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 of each Existing Notice are to be deleted and replaced by Schedule C of this Notice (and all references to those appendices



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🏥 Advice Notice to Oral Health Providers under Section 88 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dental Benefits, Healthcare, Notice, District Health Boards, Section 88