✨ Health Service Standards
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obligations under this notice, but subject to this, the audiology provider may provide services to other persons for whom it does not claim payment under this notice.
(2) Nothing in this notice gives an audiology provider an exclusive right to provide hearing aid services and the Ministry of Health may make payments to any number of audiology providers under this notice.
Defined in this notice: audiology provider, hearing aid services
CB10 Indemnity
An audiology provider must indemnify and keep indemnified the Ministry of Health against all claims, losses, damages, penalties and reasonable costs and expenses (including all legal or other costs or expenses associated with the enforcement of this notice but excluding any indirect or consequential loss made or incurred by the Ministry of Health) that have been caused by—
(a) a failure by the audiology provider to comply with any obligations under this notice; or
(b) any act or omission by the audiology provider or by any person for whom the audiology provider is responsible, where that act or omission occurs in the course of the audiology provider performing (or failing to perform) an obligation under this notice.
Defined in this notice: audiology provider
CB11 Notification of problems
(1) An audiology provider must advise the Ministry of Health promptly in writing—
(a) of anything that may or is likely to materially reduce or affect its ability to provide hearing aid services, including anything relating to any premises or equipment used by the audiology provider or the audiology provider’s key staff; and
(b) if the audiology provider materially fails to comply with any of its obligations under this notice; and
(c) of any serious complaints or disputes that directly or indirectly relate to the provision of hearing aid services; and
(d) of any issues concerning the services that might have high media or public interest.
(2) An audiology provider must have in place realistic and reasonable risk management processes and contingency plans to enable it to continue to provide hearing aid services on the occurrence of any of the matters in this clause, and must provide the Ministry of Health with details of those plans if so requested.
Defined in this notice: audiology provider, hearing aid services
CB12 Disclosure of interests
An audiology provider must disclose to the Ministry of Health any interest (whether financial or otherwise) that the audiology
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