New Zealand Gazette – 2007 – No. 41

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✨ Maternity Services Regulations



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CA8 Consequences of termination or lapse of authorisation

(1) The termination or lapse of a maternity provider’s authorisation under this
subpart does not affect the rights of—

(a) the Ministry of Health in relation to that authorisation or this notice; or

(b) the maternity provider in relation to a claim that the maternity provider
would have been entitled to make, but for the termination or lapse of
the authorisation under this subpart.

(2) Subject to subclause (1)(b), a maternity provider is not entitled to claim for
primary maternity services that have been provided after the relevant
authorisation has terminated or lapsed (as applicable).

Defined in this notice: authorisation, claim, maternity provider, primary maternity services

Subpart CB—General requirements for providing primary maternity services

CB1 Compliance with statutory, regulatory, legal, and professional requirements

(1) A maternity provider must ensure that all statutory, regulatory, legal, and
professional requirements that apply to primary maternity services provided
by them are complied with.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, a practitioner who is a maternity provider or who
works for a maternity provider must comply with all statutory, regulatory, legal,
and professional requirements that apply to the primary maternity services
provided by them.

(3) The requirements referred to in subclauses (1) and (2) include, without
limitation, the following:

(a) the requirements of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance
Act 2003:

(b) the requirements of the applicable Council, including the code of
ethics:

(c) the standards of the applicable professional college:

(d) guidelines or standards relating to maternity or care of the newborn,
developed by the Ministry of Health in consultation with maternity and
newborn providers, endorsed by the providers professional body, and
readily available:

(e) the requirements of the Referral Guidelines (including, safe and timely
referral and transfer practices):

(f) the requirements of the Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers’ Rights:

(g) the requirements of the Privacy Act 1993 and the Health Information
Privacy Code 1994:



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Lapse of authorisation (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Maternity Services, Authorisations, Lapse Conditions, Ministry of Health

🏥 Consequences of termination or lapse of authorisation

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Maternity Provider, Authorisation, Claims, Primary Maternity Services

🏥 General requirements for providing primary maternity services

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Maternity Provider, Compliance, Statutory Requirements, Professional Standards