✨ Maternity Services Requirements
1058 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 41 13 APRIL 2007
Part D
Specific requirements for each primary maternity service
(including service specifications and payment rules)
Subpart DA—Lead maternity care
General information about lead maternity care
DA1 Aim of lead maternity care
(1) The aim of lead maternity care is to provide a woman with continuity of care
throughout pregnancy, labour and birth, and the postnatal period.
(2) Lead maternity care is available to women, and their newborn babies.
Defined in this notice: labour and birth, lead maternity care
DA2 Registration
(1) In order to receive lead maternity care a woman who is eligible for primary
maternity services must register with a LMC of her choice.
(2) By registering with a LMC, the woman is also registering with a maternity
provider.
(3) Registration may occur at any time from the diagnosis of pregnancy until 6
weeks after birth, but no claim for payment may be made for lead maternity
care that is provided before the date of registration.
(4) The woman and her LMC must properly complete a registration form in the
format specified by the Ministry of Health.
(5) The woman must sign a registration form. Each form must be dated with the
date on which the form was signed by the woman (date of registration).
(6) The woman may, at any time, change the LMC with whom she is registered
by signing a registration form with the new LMC.
(7) The woman may be registered with only 1 LMC at a time.
(8) If a registration form needs to be re-submitted it is sufficient to have a
photocopy of the original registration form containing the signature of the
woman.
(9) A maternity provider must submit to HealthPAC the woman’s registration or a
change of registration no more than 20 working days after the date of
registration.
Defined in this notice: claim, HealthPAC, lead maternity care, LMC, maternity provider, working day
Next Page →
Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 41
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 41
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🏥 Specific requirements for primary maternity services
🏥 Health & Social WelfareLead maternity care, Registration, Eligibility, Continuity of care