✨ Hearing Aid Service Standards
1850 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 79 8 JUNE 2011
(v) the specific requirements set out in Part B; and
(d) without material interruption.
Defined in this notice: Act, audiology provider, hearing aid services, NZAS Standards of Practice, UNHSEIP Protocols
CB2 Record keeping
(1) An audiology provider must keep and preserve records and protect the security of those records in accordance with best business practice and its legal obligations, and make them available to either or both the Ministry of Health or the services manager in accordance with the Ministry’s reasonable instructions and rights to access such records.
(2) An audiology provider must take all due care to ensure that, in the event of the audiology provider ceasing to provide hearing aid services, the records are properly preserved and, if appropriate, records relating to eligible persons are transferred to a new audiology provider.
(3) An audiology provider must, in relation to a person to whom the audiology provider provides hearing aid services under this notice, keep a full clinical record that includes a record of the following:
(a) demographic information collected:
(b) all assessments completed and the outcome of these assessments:
(c) the performance of hearing aids trialled or supplied:
(d) any adjustments completed:
(e) that the supplied hearing aids have met the eligible person’s hearing needs, including both subjective and objective measures:
(f) all interactions with the eligible person:
(g) the person who works for the audiology provider and who provided each part of the services to the eligible person.(4) For each hearing assessment and recommendation made by an approved assessor, the approved assessor must record that—
(a) the assessment and recommendation is correct; and
(b) the criteria in the current Hearing Aid Services Manual have been met.Defined in this notice: approved assessor, audiology provider, eligible person, hearing aid, Hearing Aid Services Manual, services manager
CB3 Financial management
(1) An audiology provider must operate sound financial and business management principles, procedures, and practices.
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