Health Services Eligibility Criteria




15 APRIL 2011

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 52

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(a) the pregnant woman is not otherwise eligible under this direction to receive those services funded under the Act; and

(b) either—

(i) the pregnant woman’s partner is eligible under any of clauses B2 to B7, B10 to B12, and B16 to receive services funded under the Act; or

(ii) the pregnant woman’s unborn child (when it is born) will be eligible under clause B2 to receive services funded under the Act.

Defined in this direction: Act, maternity-related services, partner, services

B22 Pregnant woman who requires services to prevent transmission of HIV

A pregnant woman is eligible to receive services funded under the Act that relate only to preventing the transmission of HIV from the pregnant woman to her unborn child if the pregnant woman—

(a) is infected with HIV; and

(b) is not otherwise eligible under this direction to receive those services funded under the Act.

Defined in this direction: Act, services

Categories of eligibility: services to manage certain health risks

B23 Person who requires services relating to infectious diseases or quarantinable diseases

A person is eligible to receive services funded under the Act if—

(a) the person has, or is suspected of having, an infectious disease or a quarantinable disease; and

(b) the services relate only to all or any of the following, to the extent appropriate in the circumstances to address risks to other persons:

(i) the surveillance of a person with an infectious disease:

(ii) the surveillance of a person who is liable to quarantine under the Health Act 1956:

(iii) the diagnosis of the person’s infectious disease or quarantinable disease:

(iv) the treatment of the person’s infectious disease or quarantinable disease:

(v) follow-up services for the person’s infectious disease or quarantinable disease:

(vi) contact tracing services for the person’s infectious disease or quarantinable disease; and

(c) the person is not otherwise eligible under this direction to receive those services funded under the Act.

Defined in this direction: Act, infectious disease, quarantinable disease, services



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