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second trimester or third trimester with a non-LMC general
practitioner for the purpose of a second opinion:
(xiv) other services not specified in this notice.
Defined in this notice: birth, general practitioner, LMC, practitioner, primary maternity services,
secondary maternity, second trimester, specialist neonatal services, tertiary maternity, third
trimester
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Definition of persons who are eligible for primary maternity services
(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires, persons who are
eligible for primary maternity services—
(a) means—
(i) a woman who is an eligible person:
(ii) a baby who is an eligible person; and
(b) includes a woman who is not an eligible person but whose baby is an
eligible person.
(2) For the purposes of subclause (1), eligible person has the same meaning as
the definition of eligible people in section 6(1) of the Act.
B3
Definition of maternity provider
In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires, maternity provider
means an organisation or an individual that provides primary maternity
services.
Defined in this notice: primary maternity services
B4
Definition of practitioner
In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires, practitioner means a
general practitioner, midwife, obstetrician, paediatrician, radiologist or medical
radiation technologist who is a maternity provider in his or her own right or is
an employee or contractor of a maternity provider and holds a current annual
practicing certificate.
Defined in this notice: general practitioner, midwife, maternity provider, obstetrician,
paediatrician, radiologist, medical radiation technologist
B5
Other definitions
In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,—
access agreement means the generic agreement for access to maternity
facilities and birthing units as set out in Schedule 3
Act means the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000
additional postnatal visits means the fee payable to maternity providers if
they have provided more than 12 postnatal visits to the mother and baby as a
part of services following birth
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Definition of primary maternity services
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Primary maternity services, Lead maternity care, Maternity non-LMC services, Specialist medical maternity services
🏥 Definition of persons eligible for primary maternity services
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Eligibility, Primary maternity services, Eligible persons, New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000
🏥 Definition of maternity provider
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Maternity provider, Primary maternity services
🏥 Definition of practitioner
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Practitioner, General practitioner, Midwife, Obstetrician, Paediatrician, Radiologist, Medical radiation technologist, Maternity provider
🏥 Other definitions
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Access agreement, New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000, Additional postnatal visits