18 DECEMBER

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

4769

(N.B.: At the Minister of Health’s discretion, this declaration may be required to be given as a Statutory Declaration).

Signature of Responsible Person

Date

Completed applications, and any reports or notifications given pursuant to the undertakings given by responsible persons, should be sent to:

David Dunbar
Sector Policy Directorate
Ministry of Health
P.O. Box 5013
Wellington.

Note:
The duration of a protected QAA notice may be no longer than five years. If there is a change in the nature of the activity, an amendment to the notice may be required. The Ministry of Health should be consulted. Contact the Ministry of Health at the above address to request an application form.

Every notice declaring a QAA protected is deemed to be a Regulation. This means that each notice is subject to a measure of Parliamentary scrutiny and control of the process. This includes potential scrutiny by Parliament’s Regulations Review Committee. Each notice will be published in the Statutory Regulation series. The notice is a legal document.

Responsible Persons’ Reporting Requirements
Section 58 (1) and (3) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 reads as follows:

58 Reporting requirements:

(1) Within two months after the expiry of each period of six months (the reporting period) that follows the date of a notice under section 52 declaring a QAA to be protected, the person for the time being appointed to be responsible for the activity must give each provider of health services (the provider) who has, or whose employees or agents have, been assessed in the reporting period through the activity a report relating to the reporting period that sets out information on the following matters:

(a) Any problems or issues concerning the operations of the provider that have been identified in the course of the activity;

(b) any action that has been taken, as a result of the activity, to resolve or address the problems or issues stated under paragraph (a);

(c) any recommendations that have been, or are to be, made to the provider as a result of the activity;

(d) the manner in which the implementation of the recommendations stated under paragraph (c) is to be monitored; and

(e) the manner in which improvements in the competence or practice of the provider or any of the agents or employees of the provider are to be monitored.

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(3) A report given under [this section] may not identify, either expressly or by implication, a particular individual.

Appointments to the Midwifery Council

Pursuant to section 120 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, I appoint the following people to the Midwifery Council:

Rea Daellenbach
as a lay member; and

Mina Timutimu
Susan Bree
Helen-Mary Walker
as health practitioners for a term of office of two years commencing from 18 December 2003; and

Sharon Cole
as a lay member; and

Hope Tupara
Thelma Thompson
Sally Pairman
as health practitioners for a term of office of three years commencing from 18 December 2003.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of December 2003.

ANNETTE KING, Minister of Health.

Appointments to the Osteopathic Council

Pursuant to section 120 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, I appoint the following people to the Osteopathic Council:

Jean Drage
as a lay member; and

Alison Couldrey
Dennis Stewart
Paul Hume
as health practitioners for a term of office of two years commencing from 18 December 2003; and

Justin Heke
as a lay member; and

Alex Jones
Bruce Harper
Deepa Ranchod
as health practitioners for a term of office of three years commencing from 18 December 2003.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of December 2003.

ANNETTE KING, Minister of Health.