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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017

Fire and Emergency New Zealand - Appointments, vacancies, and requirement to leave FENZ - Leaving FENZ compulsorily due to incapacity

31: Board to prescribe health standards

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"Firefighters must meet health standards set by the board to do their job safely"

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The board can set health standards for operational personnel. You need to be fit to do your job and other duties. The board sets these standards to ensure you can perform competently. The board can set different standards for different groups of personnel. These groups can be based on roles, ranks, or positions. The standards apply to make sure you can do your job. Before setting standards, the board talks to associations or unions that represent personnel. This is to get their input before making any decisions. You can find more information about this in section 32.

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31Board to prescribe health standards

  1. For the purpose of section 32, the board may prescribe standards of health required of operational personnel to ensure that they are fit to perform competently their duties and any other duties that may reasonably be required of them.

  2. Standards prescribed may be expressed to apply to operational personnel generally, or to any particular class or description of operational personnel, whether designated by reference to roles, ranks, or levels of position or duties, or otherwise.

  3. Before prescribing standards, the board must consult with the associations or unions that represent or advocate on behalf of personnel.

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