✨ Maternity Services Regulations
13 APRIL 2007 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 41 1069
(c) attendance at an elective caesarean section where requested by the
woman and where the LMC has provided second and third trimester
care; or
(d) if there are other exceptional circumstances during labour and birth
and the maternity provider makes a written application to the Ministry
of Health for a discretionary decision on payment and receives
approval.
Defined in this notice: back-up LMC, birth, established labour, labour and birth, LMC, maternity
provider, practitioner, secondary maternity
DA26 Payment rules: labour and birth (exceptional circumstances)
(1) This fee may be claimed once per woman per pregnancy.
(2) A maternity provider may not claim this fee if the maternity provider is
claiming a labour and birth fee for the same woman for the same pregnancy.
(3) If a maternity provider has made a written application to the Ministry of Health
for a discretionary decision on payment, the Ministry of Health may approve
or decline the application at its sole discretion.
Defined in this notice: claim, labour and birth, maternity provider
DA27 Service specification: labour and birth (rural support)
A general practitioner or midwife must provide the following services as
required to women during labour and birth:
(a) urgent care and treatment to support a LMC in a rural or remote rural
domicile (as defined in Schedule 2) if the services of an obstetrician
or paediatrician are needed but are not available and the LMC
requires assistance from another practitioner who has additional
maternity skills;
(b) accompany the woman in an air/road ambulance from a rural or
remote rural domicile area (as defined in Schedule 2).
Defined in this notice: general practitioner, labour and birth, LMC, midwife, obstetrician,
paediatrician, practitioner
DA28 Payment rules: labour and birth (rural support)
Notwithstanding clause DA13(5), a maternity provider may claim 1 labour and
birth (rural support) fee per woman per day.
Defined in this notice: claim, labour and birth, maternity provider
Module: Services following birth
DA29 Service specification: services following birth
(1) A LMC is responsible for ensuring that all of the following services are
provided for both the mother and baby:
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 41
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 41
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
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DA25 Service specification: labour and birth (exceptional circumstances)
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🏥 Health & Social WelfareMaternity services, Labour, Birth, LMC, Secondary maternity, Clinical responsibility
🏥 DA26 Payment rules: labour and birth (exceptional circumstances)
🏥 Health & Social WelfareMaternity services, Payment rules, Labour, Birth, Discretionary decision
🏥 DA27 Service specification: labour and birth (rural support)
🏥 Health & Social WelfareMaternity services, Rural support, Labour, Birth, General practitioner, Midwife
🏥 DA28 Payment rules: labour and birth (rural support)
🏥 Health & Social WelfareMaternity services, Payment rules, Rural support, Labour, Birth
🏥 DA29 Service specification: services following birth
🏥 Health & Social WelfareMaternity services, Post-birth services, Mother and baby care