Healthcare services
This page contains different parts of laws about Healthcare services, within the topic of Health and wellbeing.
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Sentencing Act 2002
Injury cover for people serving home detention sentences
80ZF: Application of Accident Compensation Act 2001 to persons serving home detention sentence
Sentencing Act 2002
Getting a sentence doesn't change your right to agree to or refuse medical treatment.
146: Consent to treatment, etc, not affected
Immigration Act 2009
Sharing information between immigration and health departments to check health service eligibility
300: Information matching to determine eligibility or liability to pay for services
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Health practitioners must examine kids in a way that hurts or scares them the least.
12: Duty of health practitioner to minimise distress to child or young person
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Doctors can examine a child or young person to check they are safe and healthy.
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The court can order a doctor to check if a child is safe and healthy.
49: Court may order medical examination of child or young person
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Asking the court for a secret order to check a child's health in an emergency
50: Ex parte application for order for medical examination
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Doctors and nurses must write a report after checking a child or young person to help the court make decisions.
52: Health practitioner to prepare report on examination
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
When the chief executive thinks you need a medical check, they can arrange one to keep you healthy and safe.
53: Medical examination of child or young person at request of chief executive
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
You can have a chosen adult with you during a medical check
54: Child or young person entitled to have adult present
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Rules to protect kids from uncomfortable medical checks
55: Restrictions on internal examinations and examinations under general anaesthetic
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
A doctor or nurse must write a report after checking a child or young person's health.
56: Health practitioner to prepare report on examination
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Courts can't make you have medical treatment without your consent or a parent's agreement.
98: Court not to impose condition requiring medical treatment without person's consent
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Checking and updating your care plan to make sure it's working for you
135: Review of plan
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Helping severely disabled kids with special care plans
141: Agreements for extended care of severely disabled children and young persons
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Agreements for disability care in homes
142: Agreements with persons providing residential disability care
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Who can agree to medical treatment for you when you're in care
149: Agreement may provide for consent to medical treatment
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Rules for medical, psychiatric, and psychological exams to ensure they are fair and done by qualified people
179: Further provisions relating to medical, psychiatric, and psychological examinations
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
When a child or young person in hospital no longer needs to be there, they can be released.
182: Release of child or young person from hospital where detention no longer required
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Getting medical help when Oranga Tamariki is looking after you
319: Medical treatment of young person in custody of chief executive
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
When a children's service is not doing a good job, the boss can stop them from getting official approval.
399: Revocation of approval
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Stopping a service's approval if it's not working properly
405: Revocation of approval
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Checking if community services are working well
408: Assessment of community services
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Homes already approved under an old law
467: Homes registered or deemed to be registered under Part 9 of Children and Young Persons Act 1974
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Rules about programmes to help young people with issues, and who can agree to medical treatment
297B: Nature of programmes, who may consent to medical treatment, and related custody orders
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Minister appoints independent checkers to ensure kids get proper care.
447A: Minister to appoint independent persons to monitor compliance with prescribed standard of care
Income Tax Act 2007
Tax credits for people who pay others to provide ACC-funded rehabilitation services
LB 8: Tax credits related to personal service rehabilitation payments: payers
Income Tax Act 2007
Money for disability help is tax-free
CW 52B: Disability support services
Income Tax Act 2007
Tax rules for trusts that only support people with disabilities
HC 39: Trustee income: disabled beneficiary trusts
Social Workers Registration Act 2003
This law helps keep people safe by making sure social workers are good at their job and follow the rules.
3: Purpose
Social Workers Registration Act 2003
What special words mean in the Social Workers Registration Act 2003
4: Interpretation
Social Workers Registration Act 2003
Working as a social worker for a short time with special rules
11: Temporary registration
Social Workers Registration Act 2003
What you need to do to become a fully registered social worker
12: Criteria for full registration
Social Workers Registration Act 2003
Telling the Health and Disability Commissioner about complaints
61: Registrar to notify Health and Disability Commissioner of certain complaints
Social Workers Registration Act 2003
Health and Disability Commissioner can report complaints about social workers to the Board
62: Health and Disability Commissioner may notify Board of complaints
Social Workers Registration Act 2003
Wait for the Health and Disability Commissioner to finish looking into a complaint about a social worker before taking any further action.
64: Suspension of action while Health and Disability Commissioner investigates
Social Workers Registration Act 2003
What happens when a complaint is made against a social worker and they have to go to a Tribunal
75: Laying of charge before Tribunal
Social Workers Registration Act 2003
Tribunal hearings are usually open to the public, but can be private in some cases.
79: Hearings of Tribunal to be public
Social Workers Registration Act 2003
What happens to social workers who do something wrong
83: Penalties
Social Workers Registration Act 2003
Paying back fines and costs you owe
87: Recovery of fines and costs
Search and Surveillance Act 2012
Changes are made to the law that helps keep health workers competent and safe.
Search and Surveillance Act 2012
Changes to the law about health practitioners to match new search and surveillance rules
256: Amendments to Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
Search and Surveillance Act 2012
Changes to the law about helping people have babies using technology
257: Amendments to Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Civil Aviation Act 1990
Rules for medical checks and permissions before new laws start
27Q: Transitional provisions
Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
Getting the medical help you need
51: Medical treatment
Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
Getting medical treatment without agreeing to it, when the law says it's necessary for your health and safety
62: Enforced medical treatment
Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
You get told the result of a complaint investigation about your care.
99: Care recipient to be informed of outcome of investigation
Corrections Act 2004
Prisons must have doctors to care for sick or hurt prisoners
20: Medical officers
Corrections Act 2004
Prison staff must check new prisoners are safe and healthy, and help them if they need it.
49: Prisoners must be assessed on reception and have needs addressed
Corrections Act 2004
Keeping a prisoner alone for health checks
60: Segregation for purpose of medical oversight
Corrections Act 2004
Prison staff must keep prisoners' health records safe and separate from other prison records.
165: Health records
Corrections Act 2004
Health centre managers can give some of their jobs to other health professionals.
19B: Delegation of powers and functions of health centre managers
Corrections Act 2004
Health centre managers must ask an expert for advice if it's outside their knowledge.
61G: Health centre manager must consult registered health professional if advice outside scope of practice
Building Act 2004
Rules about paying people who come to talk at special meetings about nurses and midwives
325: Witnesses' fees, allowances, and expenses
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Protecting People's Health and Rights in Reproductive Procedures
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The name of the law about helping people have babies with technology in New Zealand.
1: Title
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
When the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 starts being used as law
2: Commencement
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 is trying to achieve
3: Purposes
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Guiding rules to keep people safe and respected when making decisions about assisted reproduction
4: Principles
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What special words in the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 mean
5: Interpretation
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The Governor-General can decide if a medical treatment is safe and okay to use.
6: Procedures or treatments may be declared to be established procedures
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The government must follow this law too
7: Act binds the Crown
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Things you are not allowed to do with assisted reproduction technology that can get you in trouble with the law
8: Prohibited actions
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Stop developing lab-made embryos after 14 days to follow the law
9: Duty to stop development of in vitro human or hybrid embryos
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
You can't choose a baby's sex when using embryo implants, except in some medical cases.
11: Restrictions on sex selection of human embryos
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Selling or buying human embryos or cells for making babies is against the law.
13: Commercial supply of human embryos or human gametes prohibited
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Surrogacy is allowed, but you can't pay someone to do it or take them to court over it
14: Status of surrogacy arrangements and prohibition of commercial surrogacy arrangements
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Some activities can only happen if they follow the rules and are approved.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
You must get approval before doing special baby-making treatments or research on humans.
16: Assisted reproductive procedures and human reproductive research only to proceed with prior approval
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Follow the rules when doing approved activities
17: Approved activities must proceed in accordance with applicable conditions and regulations
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Important decisions are made by a special group that thinks about what is right and wrong.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Asking for permission to do assisted reproductive procedures or research
18: Applications for approval
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Getting permission to help people have babies using special medical procedures or research
19: Approval of assisted reproductive procedure or research
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Who is in charge of making sure everything is done correctly during an activity
20: Person responsible for activity
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The ethics committee can change the rules for something that's already been approved.
21: Ethics committee may change conditions
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The ethics committee can stop something they previously approved if rules are broken.
22: Ethics committee may cancel approval
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Stop the activity straight away if your approval is cancelled
23: If approval cancelled, activity must be stopped
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Some types of help to have a baby or research on humans are not allowed for now.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The Government can temporarily stop certain fertility treatments or research for up to 18 months.
24: Moratorium may be imposed on forms of assisted reproductive procedure or human reproductive research
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The committee can't approve some types of fertility treatments or research if they're currently banned.
25: Committee must not consider applications for approvals subject to moratorium
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Breaking rules about banned reproductive procedures or research is a serious offence
26: Offence to perform procedures or conduct research subject to moratorium
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What an ethics committee does and how it is chosen
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The Minister chooses a committee to make ethical decisions about assisted reproduction and makes sure it has the right people and follows the rules.
27: Designation of ethics committee
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What the ethics committee does to help make sure assisted reproduction is done fairly and safely.
28: Functions of ethics committee
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What an ethics committee must do when working with an advisory committee
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Ethics committees must work quickly and follow the rules to help people have children.
29: Ethics committee must operate expeditiously and in accordance with guidelines of advisory committee
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The ethics committee must tell the advisory committee about approvals and share the details.
30: Advisory committee to be informed of approvals
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The government must tell everyone who is on the ethics committee that helps make big decisions.
31: Information about ethics committee must be made public
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Setting up and running organisations and jobs to help with making important decisions
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The government must create a team to help make decisions about assisted reproduction.
32: Advisory committee must be established
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
How the advisory committee is set up and runs its meetings
33: Number of members and procedure
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The Minister picks people for a special group to give advice, choosing those with the right skills and views.
34: Appointment of members
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The advisory committee's jobs are to help keep people safe and fair in assisted reproduction and give advice to important groups.
35: Functions of advisory committee
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Guidelines and advice are available to help you understand what you can and can't do.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The advisory committee makes and shares rules after talking to people and considering their feedback.
36: Advisory committee to publish and notify guidelines
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
A group helps the Minister make good choices about research on human reproduction.
37: Advisory committee to provide specific advice in respect of human reproductive research
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
A group that helps the Minister make decisions about medical help for having a baby.
38: Advisory committee to provide specific advice in respect of human assisted reproductive technology
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Committee must ask for and consider public feedback before giving important advice
39: Advisory committee to call for and consider submissions before giving significant advice
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The advisory committee must talk to you and others before giving advice or making rules.
41: Requirement to consult
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The government must share information about advisory committees with the public.
42: Information about advisory committees to be made public
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Learning about the people who donate embryos or cells to help others have babies
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
This law only applies to things that happen after it started, not to things that happened before.
43: No retroactive application
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Some rules only apply to certain information that the law says must be kept.
44: Provisions not applicable to all information
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What happens when people ask for information about donors or donor offspring?
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Information to help people think about donating embryos, cells, or helping make a baby.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
People who help with donations must explain important things to donors and future parents before it happens.
46: Providers must give advice to prospective donors and prospective guardians
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Learning about the people who donate embryos, cells, or help make someone's family
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Providers must collect and update info about people who donate embryos or cells, like their identity, health, and family details.
47: Providers must obtain and accept information about donors
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Doctors and clinics must store info about people who donate embryos or cells to help others have babies.
48: Providers and Registrar-General must keep information about donors
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Donors can see the information providers keep about them
49: Access by donors to information about them kept by providers
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
People born using a donor can ask to see info about their donor when they turn 18.
50: Access by donor offspring to information about donors kept by providers and Registrar-General
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Who can see information about donors for babies born using special help
51: Restriction on access to information about donors
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Learning about children born from donated embryos or cells
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Clinics must track babies born using donated eggs, sperm or embryos.
52: Providers must keep track of donor offspring births
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Tell the Registrar-General when a baby is born using a donor
53: Providers must notify Registrar-General of donor offspring births
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Tell the Registrar-General if you need to correct information you already gave them
54: Providers must give Registrar-General corrected information
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Important records about kids born from donors must be kept safe by officials and helpers.
55: Registrar-General and providers must keep information about donor offspring
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Telling providers your new or corrected info if you were born using a donor
56: Providers to accept updated and corrected information about donor offspring
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Donor offspring can access their own information when they turn 18, or a guardian can ask for them if they're under 18.
57: Access by donor offspring to information about them kept by providers or Registrar-General
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Learning about your donor siblings: who can tell you and how
58: Access to information about siblings of donor offspring
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Adults born using a donor can choose to share their identity with the donor if they want to.
59: Donor offspring 18 years or older may consent to disclosure of identifying information to donor
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Donors can ask to know if their donation helped create a child and get some information about them.
60: Access by donors to information about donor offspring kept by providers
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Donors can ask to know if they have any children from their donation
61: Access by donors to information about donor offspring kept by Registrar-General
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Keeping donor offspring information private
62: Restriction on disclosure of information about donor offspring
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
A list for donors and their families to share information safely
63: Voluntary register to be maintained by Registrar-General
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Most of this part of the law does not apply to section 63, but some sections do.
64: Application of this Part to section 63
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Court orders can say some donor offspring are considered 18 years old.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Donor offspring aged 16 or 17 can ask the Family Court for rights like an 18-year-old.
65: Family Court may confer certain rights on donor offspring aged 16 or 17
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Rules about keeping information private apply to donors and their families.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
How to complain about information handled under the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act
66: Application of Privacy Act 2020
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Checking if places follow assisted reproductive technology rules
67: Matters to be ascertained by authorised persons
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What authorised people can do when checking on fertility clinics and research
68: Powers of authorised persons
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Who can make decisions about assisted reproduction
70: Identification of authorised person
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Telling people before entering a place under the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act
71: Notice requirements when place entered
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Stopping things being imported or exported if they break the law about helping make babies
73: Detection of import and export offences
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
People doing their job under this law are not responsible for mistakes, unless they do something wrong on purpose.
74: Exclusion of liability of authorised persons, Customs officers, and assistants
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Breaking the law by stopping or hindering inspectors under the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act
75: Offences related to inspections and searches
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Other important rules and details are covered here.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Rules made by the Governor-General to guide assisted reproductive procedures and research
76: Regulations
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
You must pay a fee before the Registrar-General will do certain things under this law.
78: Fees
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The Director-General of Health is a temporary advisor until a special committee is established.
79: Director-General of Health to be advisory committee pending its establishment
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Fertility services, like helping people have babies, must follow safety rules from the Health and Disability Services Act.
80: Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001 applies to fertility services
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Fertility service providers must follow health and safety rules during a certain time.
81: Compliance with Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001 by providers of fertility services during interim period
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Temporary rules for fertility services during a special time
82: Approval of standards during interim period
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Rules that are used like guidelines for a little while after a new law starts
83: Provisions to be treated as guidelines in interim period
Crimes Act 1961
Doing surgery can be a valid reason for doing something that might otherwise be against the law.
Crimes Act 1961
Doctors are protected by law when they do operations to help people with care and skill.
61: Surgical operations
Crimes Act 1961
This section explains when doctors can legally perform surgery without getting in trouble.
61A: Further provisions relating to surgical operations
Crimes Act 1961
Be careful when doing things that could hurt people
155: Duty of persons doing dangerous acts
Crimes Act 1961
Harming an unborn baby can lead to prison time, unless it's to save the mother's life or a legal abortion.
182: Killing unborn child
Crimes Act 1961
This law makes it illegal to harm a girl's or woman's private parts, except for certain medical reasons.
204A: Female genital mutilation
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Protecting Your Rights When Using Health and Disability Services
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What the law is called and when it starts working
1: Short Title and commencement
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What words mean in the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
2: Interpretation
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Who is a health care provider in New Zealand?
3: Definition of health care provider
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What is a registered health professional in New Zealand?
4: Definition of registered health professional
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The government must follow this law too
5: Act to bind the Crown
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
This law helps protect your rights when you use health or disability services.
6: Purpose
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Consider the government's health plans and goals when making decisions
7: Strategies and objectives to be taken into account
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Health and Disability Commissioner is a government official who helps make sure health and disability services are fair and good.
8: Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Minister appoints helpers called Deputy Commissioners to assist the main Commissioner.
9: Deputy Commissioners
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Who can be the Health and Disability Commissioner: you need the right skills and experience
10: Qualifications for appointment
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner can't have another job at the same time.
11: Commissioner to hold no other office
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
How long the Health and Disability Commissioner gets to be in the job
12: Term of office
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
When someone in a important job leaves or stops working
13: Vacation of office
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner's job is to help keep people safe and fair in health and disability services
14: Functions of Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The person who helps make fair decisions about health and disability complaints
15: Director of Proceedings
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Health and Disability Commissioner's yearly report to the government
16: Annual report
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Rules that apply to the Health and Disability Commissioner's work
17: Further provisions relating to Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Checking how well the Health and Disability Commissioner Act is working
18: Review of operation of Act
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner writes a draft of rules for healthcare users and shares it with the government.
19: Commissioner to prepare draft Code
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What's in the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights?
20: Content of Code
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner regularly checks the rules that keep you safe when getting health services to see if they need updating.
21: Review of Code
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Telling the public about a new draft Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights before sending it to the Minister
22: Notification of intention to forward draft Code to Minister
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Talking to People About the Health and Disability Code
23: Consultation on preparation and review of Code
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
A person chosen to help people with health and disability services problems, working independently.
24: Director of Health and Disability Services Consumer Advocacy
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Director of Advocacy's main jobs are to manage and promote advocacy services.
25: Functions of Director of Advocacy
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Advocacy services must work independently, without being controlled by others.
26: Advocacy services to operate independently
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The government buys support services to help you speak up about your health care.
27: Purchase of consumer advocacy services
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Rules for people who help others with health and disability services
28: Guidelines for operation of advocacy services
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner talks to many people before making new rules to make sure they are fair and good.
29: Consultation on preparation of guidelines
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What advocates do to help you with health and disability services
30: Functions of advocates
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Making a complaint about health care is a right. You can complain about health or disability services. A person checks your complaint to see what happens next.
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Getting complaints about health and disability services
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
You can complain if you think a healthcare or disability service has done something wrong
31: General right to make complaints
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
When your complaint is sent to the Commissioner for help
32: Complaints referred to Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
First check of your complaint to decide what to do next
33: Preliminary assessment
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Sending complaints to the right people or groups to help sort them out
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner can send your complaint to other people or groups who can help fix the problem.
34: Referral of complaint to agencies or persons involved in health or disability sector
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Telling the Commissioner about complaints that are sent to agencies or people
35: Agencies or persons to keep Commissioner informed about referred complaints
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
When you complain, the Commissioner checks if another officer should help, and tells you what happens next.
36: Referrals of complaints to certain statutory officers
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner can send your complaint to a helper to try to resolve the issue.
37: Commissioner may refer complaint to advocate
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
When a complaint is made, a decision might be to take no action.
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner can choose not to investigate your complaint or stop investigating it if they think it's not needed.
38: Commissioner may decide to take no action or no further action on complaint
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner must share some information with you.
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner must warn people about health risks to keep you safe.
39: Commissioner to inform agencies of certain risks
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner looks into complaints to see what happened.
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner checks if healthcare providers are following the rules and treats people fairly.
40: Commissioner may investigate breaches
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner tells you and your healthcare provider about the investigation and gives them a chance to respond.
41: Complainant and provider to be notified of investigation
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Wait for the okay before taking action against a health worker
42: On notification of investigation authority not to take disciplinary action until further notice
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner tells you what they found out after looking into a complaint.
43: Information about result of investigation
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
You get a say before being taken to court for a health or disability issue.
44: Consultation required before matter referred to Director of Proceedings
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What happens after the Commissioner finishes investigating a complaint
45: Procedure after investigation
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What happens when the Commissioner makes a recommendation to someone and they have to say how they will follow it.
46: Implementation of recommendations of Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Director of Proceedings can help and speak for you in court or at a tribunal.
47: Director of Proceedings’ right to participate in disciplinary and other proceedings
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Commissioner must tell the right people about important things they discover.
48: Commissioner to report certain matters to appropriate authority
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Director of Proceedings' job is to decide whether to take action against someone who has done something wrong.
49: Functions of Director of Proceedings
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What happens when someone takes a complaint to the Human Rights Review Tribunal
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What happens if a healthcare or disability worker breaks the rules and someone complains to the Human Rights Review Tribunal
50: Proceedings before Human Rights Review Tribunal
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
You can take a complaint to the Tribunal if you're upset and the rules weren't followed.
51: Aggrieved person may bring proceedings before Tribunal
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What help you can ask for if your rights have been broken
52: Remedies that may be sought
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Time limits apply when taking someone to the Human Rights Review Tribunal.
53: Limitation on right to bring proceedings
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What the Human Rights Review Tribunal can do to help you if someone breaks the rules.
54: Powers of Human Rights Review Tribunal
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
The Director of Proceedings can go to court to help protect people's rights.
55: Right of Director of Proceedings to appear in proceedings
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Proving you didn't break the rules: showing your actions are an exception
56: Proof of exceptions
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Money you might get if someone breaks your rights
57: Damages
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Some human rights rules apply to you in certain health and disability cases
58: Certain provisions of Human Rights Act 1993 to apply
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
How the Commissioner investigates complaints and makes decisions
59: Procedure
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Send patient complaints to the Commissioner without opening them
60: Duty to forward complaints
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
A meeting to help resolve a complaint, where people talk and try to find a solution together.
61: Mediation conference
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What you need to tell the Commissioner when they're investigating something
62: Evidence
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Keeping you safe when you give information to the Health and Disability Commissioner
63: Protection and privileges of witnesses, etc
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What you say to the Health and Disability Commissioner is protected, like in a court case.
65: Proceedings privileged
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Using official information in a dishonest way is not allowed
66: Corrupt use of official information
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Being treated fairly if someone says something bad about you in a report
67: Adverse comment
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Rules about who can make decisions on behalf of others.
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
When the Commissioner is not available, they can give some of their jobs to others, like a Deputy Commissioner, but only if it's allowed by the rules.
68: Delegation of functions and powers
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Rules for when someone gives you a job to do on their behalf
69: Further provisions relating to delegations
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Prove you have permission to do a job given by a boss
70: Delegate to produce evidence of authority
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
When workers make mistakes, their bosses can be held responsible too
72: Liability of employer and principal
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Breaking the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 can get you in trouble and cost you up to $3,000.
73: Offences
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Other important rules are outlined in regulations.
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Rules made by the Governor-General to help the health and disability law work
74: Regulations
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
What happens when rules are made without the Health and Disability Commissioner's advice or are different from their suggestion
75: Where regulations made against or without advice of Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Changes to the Accident Insurance Law
79: Amendment to Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Changes to the 1993 Health Reforms Law
80: Amendments to Health Reforms (Transitional Provisions) Act 1993
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Old laws about health jobs and workers in New Zealand
Schedule 1: Former health registration enactments
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Rules that apply to the Health and Disability Commissioner
Schedule 2: Provisions applying in respect of Commissioner
Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012
Some alcohol is exempt from the law if it's not meant to be drunk, like perfume or medicine.
9: Exemption for certain alcohol not intended for drinking
Dog Control Act 1996
Changing the rules for dog training organisations that help people with disabilities
78D: Regulations amending Schedule 5
Ombudsmen Act 1975
When to send your complaint to the Health and Disability Commissioner instead of the Ombudsman.
17B: Referral of complaint to Health and Disability Commissioner
Ombudsmen Act 1975
Ombudsman talks to Health and Disability Commissioner about important issues
21B: Consultation with Health and Disability Commissioner
Land Transport Act 1998
Rules for taking blood samples in hospitals after car accidents
73: Who must give blood specimen in hospital or medical centre
Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014
Getting the medical help you need when you require it
35: Right to medical treatment
Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014
Telling someone about a problem when you think someone's rights have been broken
80: Complaints about breaches of rights
Children’s Act 2014
Health New Zealand must have and follow a plan to keep kids safe.
17: Health New Zealand to adopt, report on, and require child protection policies
Children’s Act 2014
Services that help kids, like healthcare, education, and welfare, that the government checks to ensure they are safe and good.
Schedule 1: Regulated services
Employment Relations Act 2000
Rules for being fair and honest at work in public health jobs
Employment Relations Act 2000
Rules for fair treatment and good behaviour in public health workplaces
100D: Code of good faith for public health sector
Employment Relations Act 2000
The Governor-General can change the rules for being fair in public hospitals if important people agree.
100E: Amendments to or replacement of code of good faith for public health sector
Employment Relations Act 2000
Important services like power, water, hospitals, and police that keep our community safe and running
Schedule 1: Essential services
Employment Relations Act 2000
Rules for fairness and respect at work in public health services
Schedule 1B: Code of good faith for public health sector
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
Explaining what counts as a serious work-related injury or illness
23: Meaning of notifiable injury or illness
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
Regulator can appoint doctors to assist with workplace health and safety
181: Appointment of health and safety medical practitioners
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
Health and safety medical practitioners and their assistants are protected from legal action while doing their job
186: Immunity of health and safety medical practitioners and persons assisting health and safety medical practitioners
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
How health and safety medical practitioners can lose their job
182: Suspension and ending of appointment of health and safety medical practitioners
Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017
Your rights when someone records you, like during an interview or treatment, are protected by law.
55: Rights in case of visual or audio recording
Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017
Who can be chosen to help people with substance addiction problems?
92: Designation of approved providers
Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017
The boss of health can make rules for healthcare workers to follow.
116: Director-General may issue guidelines and standards
Social Security Act 2018
This law helps people in need by giving money and support
3: Purpose of this Act
Social Security Act 2018
A Guide to Understanding the Social Security Act: What it's About and How it Works
5: Guide to this Act
Social Security Act 2018
What's changed: old laws compared to new laws in the Social Security Act 2018.
10: Comparative tables of old and new provisions
Social Security Act 2018
A work gap is when you're not working full-time or earning less due to sickness or injury.
21: What is work gap
Social Security Act 2018
You need a doctor's note to get jobseeker support for health reasons
27: Jobseeker support: on ground of health condition, injury, or disability: application must include certificate
Social Security Act 2018
MSD might ask you to see a doctor if you apply for jobseeker support because of health reasons
28: Jobseeker support: on ground of health condition, injury, or disability: medical examination
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for getting money to help if you can't work much or can't see
34: Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: requirements
Social Security Act 2018
When you can't work much because of a long-lasting health problem or disability
35: When person has restricted work capacity
Social Security Act 2018
You can't get support if you caused your own work problems or blindness on purpose
36: Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: ineligibility
Social Security Act 2018
Medical check-up for people who can't work much or are blind and want financial help
37: Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: medical examination
Social Security Act 2018
Special payment rules for couples when one person is in long-term care
38: Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: payment not apportioned in specified cases
Social Security Act 2018
Helping people with health problems try working while keeping their support payment
39: Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity: encouraging open employment
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for getting money to care for someone at home full-time
40: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: requirements
Social Security Act 2018
You need a doctor's note to get money for caring for someone full-time
41: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: application must include certificate
Social Security Act 2018
MSD can ask for a medical check when you apply to get paid for caring for someone at home
42: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: medical examination
Social Security Act 2018
Extra help for young people in tough times
53: Youth payment: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
Social Security Act 2018
Help for people who can't earn enough money
63: Emergency benefit: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
Social Security Act 2018
When the government can say no or change your housing cost help
69: Accommodation supplement: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances
Social Security Act 2018
Allowance for children with serious disabilities who live at home or in special care
78: Child disability allowance: discretionary grant
Social Security Act 2018
What counts as a child with a serious disability needing constant care
79: Meaning of child with a serious disability
Social Security Act 2018
MSD may ask for a doctor's note when you apply for money to help with your child's disability
80: Child disability allowance: MSD may require medical certificate
Social Security Act 2018
The government might ask your child to see a doctor before giving you money to help with their disability
81: Child disability allowance: MSD may require medical examination
Social Security Act 2018
How the government pays money to help with a child who has a disability
82: Child disability allowance: payment
Social Security Act 2018
Child disability allowance can't be paid with most other benefits or pensions
83: Child disability allowance: not payable with other assistance or pension
Social Security Act 2018
Extra money for disability costs if you need it
85: Disability allowance: discretionary grant
Social Security Act 2018
Expenses not covered by disability allowance for people in care homes
86: Disability allowance: excluded expenses
Social Security Act 2018
MSD can change or stop your disability allowance if you get similar help elsewhere
87: Disability allowance: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances
Social Security Act 2018
You might need to see a special doctor before getting disability money
88: Disability allowance: medical examination
Social Security Act 2018
Help with expenses when your partner is in hospital and you're on a benefit
89: Special disability allowance: entitlement in special circumstances
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for getting help with funeral costs when someone dies
90: Funeral grant: general eligibility and definitions
Social Security Act 2018
Temporary extra money to help with basic costs when you're struggling
95: Temporary additional support: purpose
Social Security Act 2018
Getting extra help when you don't have enough money for basics
96: Temporary additional support: requirements
Social Security Act 2018
This part explains important words used in the rules about extra money help
98: Interpretation
Social Security Act 2018
This rule about special help notices no longer exists
102: Special assistance: status of, and access to, notices
Social Security Act 2018
This part explains the duties of MSD and people who get benefits
104: What this Part does
Social Security Act 2018
Work ability checks for some benefit receivers
116: Persons subject to work ability assessment
Social Security Act 2018
Who doesn't need to do a work test for their payment
117: Persons not subject to work ability assessment
Social Security Act 2018
A check-up to see how well you can work and what help you might need
118: Work ability assessment
Social Security Act 2018
Work preparation tasks for some people getting supported living payments
123: Persons subject to work-preparation obligations if sufficient capacity to comply
Social Security Act 2018
Making sure your kids are signed up with a doctor and get their health checks
134: Health care enrolment and compliance with core health checks
Social Security Act 2018
Rules about school, health checks, and words used in child education law
137: Definitions and attendance: regulations made under section 430
Social Security Act 2018
Who needs to follow work rules when getting government help
140: Persons subject to work-test obligations
Social Security Act 2018
Help for job seekers with health issues: what work you can do
141: Jobseeker support: work capacity determination and work test
Social Security Act 2018
Some people don't have to do certain tasks to get help, like getting ready for work or looking for a job.
Social Security Act 2018
How to ask for and manage breaks from your duties when getting social security help
160: Procedure for grant of exemption
Social Security Act 2018
Young parents receiving payments must follow rules about parenting and childcare
164: Obligations of young person granted young parent payment
Social Security Act 2018
Help for young parents aged 16-19 who are with someone getting a benefit
167: Young person aged 16 to 19 years who has dependent child and who is spouse or partner of specified beneficiary
Social Security Act 2018
Money from benefits might be reduced if you also get payments for lost earnings due to an accident
198: Loss of earnings compensation under Accident Compensation Act 2001
Social Security Act 2018
When you can get other benefits even if you receive money for being a veteran
200: Exceptions to rule that veteran’s entitlement excludes any other benefit
Social Security Act 2018
Being a refugee or protected person can affect the benefits you get.
Social Security Act 2018
How your benefit changes if you're in hospital for a long time
206: Hospitalisation
Social Security Act 2018
Your partner's benefit may increase if you're in hospital for a long time
207: Benefit of spouse or partner increased after 13th week of hospitalisation
Social Security Act 2018
You usually can't get benefit payments when you're outside New Zealand
219: General rule: benefit not payable while beneficiary absent from New Zealand
Social Security Act 2018
Having a good reason for not doing something you are supposed to do.
Social Security Act 2018
MSD's mistake can be a valid reason for not following a rule
249: Good and sufficient reason for non-compliance: default by MSD
Social Security Act 2018
Reasons you might not have to do a drug test for a job
250: Good and sufficient reason for failure to comply with drug-testing obligation
Social Security Act 2018
Who pays for drug tests when you're trying to follow the rules again
266: Costs of drug testing for purposes of recompliance
Social Security Act 2018
Rules and penalties for young people who don't meet their obligations
Social Security Act 2018
Youth payment cancellation doesn't stop disability allowances
274: Effect of cancellation of youth payment on disability allowance or child disability allowance
Social Security Act 2018
You can still get disability money if your young parent payment stops
285: Effect of cancellation of young parent payment on disability allowance or child disability allowance
Social Security Act 2018
Paying people to encourage good behaviour is called incentive payments.
Social Security Act 2018
Getting temporary help while waiting for the right benefit
302: Immediate provisional grant, and later backdating of other benefit
Social Security Act 2018
Checking if your benefit amount is correct
304: Review of entitlement and rate payable
Social Security Act 2018
MSD can change your benefit if they think a different one suits you better
308: Another benefit more appropriate
Social Security Act 2018
Benefits can change if you have certain insurance payments
310: Certain benefits granted, or granted at rate, not taking into account certain insurance payments
Social Security Act 2018
What happens if you get ACC money but your claim is later denied
312: If applicant paid, but claim fails for, ACC weekly compensation
Social Security Act 2018
Waiting periods for some benefits before they start
313: Benefits subject to stand down
Social Security Act 2018
You can keep getting your payment for 28 days after you stop caring for someone
328: Supported living payment payable to beneficiary who stops caring for another person
Social Security Act 2018
Your supported living payment might end if a doctor says you no longer need it
330: Supported living payment on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness and cancelled on medical grounds
Social Security Act 2018
What happens when some benefits end and how you can get them again
Social Security Act 2018
Minister can choose specific suppliers for certain disability and urgent needs support
367: Preferred suppliers: determinations
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for buying special items from chosen shops using government money
368: Preferred suppliers: paying them disability allowance, special assistance, or advance payment
Social Security Act 2018
Paying suppliers when there's not enough money in your disability allowance
369: Preferred suppliers: paying them disability allowance: exception if total benefit payments less than amount required
Social Security Act 2018
Special rule for using the highest disability allowance: choosing your own suppliers
370: Preferred suppliers: paying them disability allowance: exception if allowance granted at maximum rate
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for MSD hiring people to help with government services
373: Administration service providers: contracts
Social Security Act 2018
MSD must share yearly details about help providers
376: Administration service providers: MSD to ensure information published
Social Security Act 2018
MSD can choose someone to help young people with money and support
378: MSD may assign contracted service provider to young person
Social Security Act 2018
Minister sets pay and rules for some health workers
379: Minister determines rates and conditions of employment and payment
Residential Tenancies Act 1986
The Tribunal can talk to and send complaints to the Health and Disability Commissioner if a landlord who provides health services does something wrong.
83A: Referral of complaints to Health and Disability Commissioner
Accident Compensation Act 2001
This law explains the main goals of helping people who get hurt
3: Purpose
Accident Compensation Act 2001
This Act explains how accident compensation works in New Zealand
4: Overview
Accident Compensation Act 2001
This law applies to everyone, including the government
5: Act to bind the Crown
Accident Compensation Act 2001
What words mean in this law about accidents and injuries
6: Interpretation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Getting quick medical help for covered injuries
7: Acute treatment
Accident Compensation Act 2001
This explains when you are protected if you get hurt
8: Cover
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Work payments not counted for Work Account levy
12: Earnings as an employee: Work Account levy payable under section 168
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Explaining who counts as a spouse in accident compensation cases
18: Spouse (and spouse in relation to deceased claimant)
Accident Compensation Act 2001
What kinds of accidents and injuries are covered by the law and how to get help
Accident Compensation Act 2001
This part explains important words used in the law about accidents and injuries
19: Key terms in this Part
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC covers most injuries in New Zealand, but not all mental injuries
20: Cover for personal injury suffered in New Zealand (except mental injury caused by certain criminal acts or work-related mental injury)
Accident Compensation Act 2001
When you can get cover for injuries that happen outside New Zealand
22: Cover for personal injury suffered outside New Zealand (except mental injury caused by certain criminal acts or work-related mental injury)
Accident Compensation Act 2001
No injury cover for visitors while travelling on planes, ships, or other transport in New Zealand
23: Cover for personal injury suffered by persons not ordinarily resident in New Zealand: exclusions while travelling to, around, and from New Zealand
Accident Compensation Act 2001
No cover for slow work injuries from before April 1974 outside New Zealand
24: Cover for personal injury caused by work-related gradual process, disease, or infection: exclusion for events occurring outside New Zealand before 1 April 1974
Accident Compensation Act 2001
What counts as getting hurt or injured under the law
26: Personal injury
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Getting hurt at work or while doing job-related tasks
28: Work-related personal injury
Accident Compensation Act 2001
When you get hurt at work and in a car: deciding what type of injury it is
29: Personal injury that is both work-related and motor vehicle injury
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Work injuries that happen slowly over time
30: Personal injury caused by work-related gradual process, disease, or infection
Accident Compensation Act 2001
When medical care hurts you: Understanding treatment injuries
32: Treatment injury
Accident Compensation Act 2001
What counts as medical treatment when you're injured
33: Treatment
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Rules for injuries from medical mistakes before July 2005
34: Cover for personal injury caused by medical misadventure before 1 July 2005
Accident Compensation Act 2001
When you can get help if you're hurt in a car accident
35: Motor vehicle injury
Accident Compensation Act 2001
When the law says you got hurt at work over time
37: Date on which person is to be regarded as suffering personal injury caused by work-related gradual process, disease, or infection
Accident Compensation Act 2001
When your injury from medical care is officially recognised
38: Date on which person is to be regarded as suffering treatment injury
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Rules for helping people who get hurt and how to ask for help
Accident Compensation Act 2001
What 'Corporation' means in some parts of the ACC law
39: Meaning of Corporation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
The Code explains how ACC should treat you and what you can do if they don't
40: Purpose of Code
Accident Compensation Act 2001
The rules in the Code are important for all parts of the Act
41: Code applies generally
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC makes a draft set of rules for people's rights, talking to others the Minister chooses
42: Corporation to prepare draft Code in consultation with persons nominated by Minister
Accident Compensation Act 2001
The government asks for people's ideas about new rules for accidents
43: Public consultation on draft Code after agreement by Minister
Accident Compensation Act 2001
The Minister checks and approves the rules for ACC claimants
44: Approval of Code by Minister
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC must follow and promote the Code of Claimants' Rights
45: Corporation's obligations in respect of Code
Accident Compensation Act 2001
This rule about how laws apply to ACC rights is no longer part of the law
46: Application of Legislation Act 2012 to Code
Accident Compensation Act 2001
How the Code can be changed by the Minister
47: Amendments to Code
Accident Compensation Act 2001
You need to tell ACC about your injury to get help
48: Person to lodge claim for cover and entitlement
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Treatment provider can make a claim for you if you say it's okay
49: Treatment provider lodging claim on behalf of person
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC's duties after you make a claim
50: Responsibilities of Corporation after claim lodged
Accident Compensation Act 2001
When ACC gets your claim form, they count it as officially received
51: When claim is lodged and received
Accident Compensation Act 2001
How to make a claim for accident compensation
52: Manner of making claim
Accident Compensation Act 2001
When you need to tell ACC about your injury or ask for help
53: Time for making claim
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC must make fair choices about your claim quickly
54: Responsibility of Corporation to make reasonable decisions in timely manner
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Your duties when asking ACC for help after an accident
55: Responsibilities of claimant to assist in establishment of cover and entitlements
Accident Compensation Act 2001
How ACC checks and decides on your claim for help after an accident
56: Steps Corporation takes to action claims for cover
Accident Compensation Act 2001
What ACC does when you make a tricky claim
57: Steps Corporation takes to action complicated claims for cover
Accident Compensation Act 2001
What happens if ACC doesn't decide on your claim in time
58: Effect of failure to meet time limits
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC accepting money doesn't guarantee your cover
59: Decision on cover independent of acceptance of levy
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC decides if you can get help for certain work injuries
60: Decision on claim for Schedule 2 injury
Accident Compensation Act 2001
How ACC decides if they'll cover your hearing loss from noisy work
61: Decision on claim for noise-induced hearing loss caused by work-related gradual process
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC may ask doctors for help when deciding about treatment injury claims
62: Decision on claim for treatment injury
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC must tell you about your right to challenge their decisions
63: Corporation must tell claimant about review rights
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC must tell you their decision about your claim
64: Corporation must give notice of decisions
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC can fix mistakes in its decisions
65: Corporation may revise decisions
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC must save your claim information for a long time
66: Corporation must keep claims files
Accident Compensation Act 2001
You can get help for accidents if you're hurt and qualify
67: Who is entitled to entitlements
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC gives you benefits according to this law
68: Corporation provides entitlements in accordance with this Act
Accident Compensation Act 2001
The types of help you can get if you're hurt in an accident
69: Entitlements provided under this Act
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Your and ACC's duties when helping you recover from an injury
70: Claimant's and Corporation's obligations in relation to rehabilitation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Employers must help injured workers return to work
71: Employer's obligations in relation to rehabilitation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Things you must do when ACC helps you
72: Responsibilities of claimant who receives entitlement
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Things you can get and other important stuff about getting care
Accident Compensation Act 2001
How ACC helps pay for urgent medical care after an accident
73: Payment of treatment providers for acute treatment
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Rules for who can decide if you need urgent accident treatment
74: Limits on treatment providers in decisions on acute treatment
Accident Compensation Act 2001
A personal plan to help someone get better after an accident
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC decides if you need a plan to help you recover after an injury
75: Corporation to determine need for rehabilitation plan
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Getting help before and after agreeing on your rehabilitation plan
76: Provision of rehabilitation before and after individual rehabilitation plan agreed
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Figuring out what you need to get better and putting it in a plan
77: Assessment of needs and content of plan
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Keeping your recovery plan up to date
78: Individual rehabilitation plan must be updated
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Social rehabilitation helps people become more independent after an accident
79: Purpose of social rehabilitation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Helping people get back to work after an accident
80: Purpose of vocational rehabilitation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC's responsibility to provide important help for your recovery after an injury
81: Corporation's liability to provide key aspects of social rehabilitation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC can give extra help for your recovery if you need it
82: Corporation may provide other social rehabilitation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
When you can start getting help to recover after an accident
83: Date of entitlement to social rehabilitation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Checking what help you need after getting hurt
84: Assessment and reassessment of need for social rehabilitation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC must help you return to work after an injury
85: Corporation liable to provide vocational rehabilitation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Deciding if you can get help to return to work
86: Matters to be considered in deciding whether to provide vocational rehabilitation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Things ACC thinks about when deciding if you need help to go back to work
87: Further matters to be considered in deciding whether to provide vocational rehabilitation
Accident Compensation Act 2001
You can get help to return to work again if your injury situation changes
88: Vocational rehabilitation may start or resume if circumstances change
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Checking what help you need to return to work after an injury
89: Assessment of claimant's vocational rehabilitation needs
Accident Compensation Act 2001
A trained expert checks how your injury affects your work
90: Occupational assessor
Accident Compensation Act 2001
How the job expert checks what work you can do after getting hurt
91: Conduct of initial occupational assessment
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Assessor writes report about what jobs you might be able to do after your injury
92: Report on initial occupational assessment
Accident Compensation Act 2001
A special doctor checks if you can work after an injury
93: Medical assessor
Accident Compensation Act 2001
What happens if your usual doctor for rehabilitation assessments isn't available
94: Assessments when medical assessor unavailable
Accident Compensation Act 2001
How a doctor checks your injuries and health for ACC
95: Conduct of initial medical assessment
Accident Compensation Act 2001
A doctor writes a report for ACC about your health and ability to work after checking you
96: Report on initial medical assessment
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Money you get each week when you can't work because of an injury
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Getting weekly payments when you can't work due to injury
100: Entitlement to weekly compensation depends on claimant's incapacity for employment and vocational independence
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Help with Paying for Long-Term Care for Older People
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018 is about
1: Title
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
When the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018 comes into effect on 26 November 2018.
2: Commencement
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
This law helps older people know when they must pay for their own care and how much it will cost.
3: Purpose of this Act
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What this law is about: rules for paying for care and disability support at home or in residences.
4: Overview of this Act
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What special words in this law mean, so you can understand it better.
5: Interpretation
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Understanding old laws helps explain new laws in this Act
6: Interpretation: references to, and using as guide, old law
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Special rules to help when laws change
7: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
The government must follow this law too
8: Act binds the Crown
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
This law decides who pays for certain care services, like long-term care, that have been agreed to.
9: This Act determines who pays for LTR contracted care
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What is long-term care that the government helps pay for?
10: What is LTR contracted care
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What 'LTR contracted care' means and the important words used to describe it
11: Key terms used in definition of LTR contracted care
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What it means to be a qualifying person
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Who can get help as a qualifying person for care services?
12: Who is qualifying person
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
You can get funding if you meet certain rules set by the government.
13: Funding eligible
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
You need long-term care forever, as decided by a special assessment.
14: Positively needs assessed
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
There are 4 basic rules about who pays for long-term care.
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
You won't pay more than the maximum amount for your care, no matter what you have.
15: Rule 1: no qualifying person to pay more than maximum contribution
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
If you have lots of assets, you pay the most you can towards your care.
16: Rule 2: qualifying person whose assets are above asset threshold must contribute maximum contribution
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
If you don't have many assets, you pay for care based on how much money you earn.
17: Rule 3: qualifying person whose assets are equal to or below asset threshold must pay contribution based on income
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
The funder pays the rest of your care costs after you pay your share.
18: Rule 4: funder must pay difference between qualifying person’s contribution and cost of LTR contracted care
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Paying for care when your finances haven't been checked yet
19: Liability of person who has not been means assessed
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Who is a special case person in residential care and disability support?
20: Who is special case person
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
A single person who is 50 years old or more
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
A 50+ single person is someone aged 50-64, single, with no kids, getting funded care.
21: Who is 50+ single person
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Single people over 50 pay for care based on their income, not what they own.
22: 50+ single person liable to make income contribution only
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Some people are exempt from rules, these are called special case persons.
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Who doesn't have to follow all the rules about paying for care and support services
23: Who is exempt person
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Exempt people pay for some of their care using their benefit, minus a small amount they can keep.
24: Exempt person liable to contribute benefit only
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Older people who have been hurt or affected by a crime
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Who gets help as an elderly victim of crime in New Zealand?
25: Who is elderly victim of crime
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Elderly victims of crime don't have to pay for their long-term care.
26: Elderly victim of crime not liable to contribute to cost of LTR contracted care
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Who can ask for or get a needs assessment for help with care or support
27: Who initiates needs assessment
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What help you need to live in a care home for the rest of your life
28: Content of needs assessment
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How to get your care needs checked and your rights during the process
29: Procedure for needs assessment
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Getting the results of your care needs assessment
30: Notification of result of needs assessment
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How your money and belongings are checked for care and support
31: Types of means assessment
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Who can ask for a means assessment to get help with care costs
32: Who may apply for means assessment
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MSD must check how much money you have when you apply for help.
33: MSD must arrange for means assessment
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They check what things you own to work out what you can afford.
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Checking what you own to work out how much you have for care and support
34: Assets assessment
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What you own and its value for your assets assessment
35: Content of assets assessment
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Checking how much money you have is the second step.
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When you need to have your income checked because you don't have many assets.
36: When income assessment required
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Working out how much money you have for support
37: Income assessment
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What you pay for care services is based on your income and assets
38: Content of income assessment
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Things that affect how much money you have, like giving away income or property.
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If you give away money or property on purpose, it still counts when the government works out how much you have.
39: Deprivation of income or property: means assessment as if deprivation had not occurred
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What happens if you get rid of money or property on purpose when your income is being checked
40: Deprivation of income or property: inclusion in review of means assessment
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A notice that tells you how your money and assets will be used to decide how much you pay.
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The government must write down the result of your means assessment so you have an official record.
41: Means assessment must be recorded in writing
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You get a notice about how your money affects your care costs after a means assessment.
42: Notice of means assessment
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When something in your life changes, it can affect the help you get.
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Tell MSD if your situation changes and it might affect your care help
43: Obligation to notify MSD of change in circumstances
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You have the right to ask for a review of a decision that affects you.
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You have the right to check and challenge the result of your means assessment.
44: Funder must ensure person assessed advised of right of review
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Whether you are single, married, or in a partnership can affect your support.
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When you're married but living apart, the government may treat you as single for money assessments.
45: Relationship status for purpose of means assessment: determination that person is single
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How the government decides if you're in a de facto relationship for money assessments
46: Relationship status for purpose of means assessment: determination that person is in de facto relationship
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Checking how much money you have to pay for care
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MSD checks your money again if you ask or if they think they made a mistake
47: Review by MSD
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Check if you can get more help if your assets drop below a certain amount
48: Review if assets subsequently fall below applicable asset threshold
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Check if you still get help if you don't have many assets
49: Review if assets below applicable asset threshold
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The Ministry doesn't have to re-check your means assessment just because the rules change.
50: Review under section 48 or 49 not obligatory
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What happens when your care support is reviewed under certain rules
51: Scope and date of review under section 47, 48, or 49
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When your money and belongings are checked
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When your application for a means assessment is received, that's the date that matters for your assessment.
52: Date of means assessment
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How much you can be charged for rest-home care in your area
53: Determination of maximum contribution
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Who is responsible if something goes wrong with the money for care services?
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Who pays for your care when you're exempt and in long-term residential care?
54: Funder’s liability for cost of LTR contracted care of exempt person
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The government pays for care home costs for elderly victims of crime.
55: Funder’s liability for cost of LTR contracted care of elderly victim of crime
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When the person paying for care is responsible
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When the government helps pay for your care costs
56: When funder’s liability arises for cost of LTR contracted care of qualifying person
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When the government must pay for care of people who are exempt or elderly victims of crime
57: When funder’s liability arises for cost of LTR contracted care of exempt person or elderly victim of crime
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When the government must pay for your long-term care if you're 50 or older and single
58: When funder’s liability arises for cost of LTR contracted care of 50+ single person
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This part of the law is about who can get help to live at home if they have a disability.
59: Application of this Part
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MSD works out how much you pay for disability support services based on your money situation
60: MSD may assess person’s financial means and required payments
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What 'cash assets and income' means for people getting home-based disability support services
61: Cash assets and income
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Assets you own but haven't used or sold can be counted as money when you get home-based disability support.
62: Unrealised assets available for personal use
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You must not hide income or assets to pay less for disability support services
63: Deprivation of income or assets
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Your disability support assessment must include the date and costs, and be given to you.
64: Assessment must state date and payments and be given to person
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MSD can share assessment results with Health New Zealand.
65: MSD may supply assessment to applicable DHB
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MSD checks and updates support payments to ensure people get the right amount of help.
66: MSD must review, and may revise, assessment
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Tell MSD if your situation changes when getting disability support at home
67: Person must advise MSD of change in person’s circumstances
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The government can ask for your information to decide benefits and payments.
68: Information gathering under Schedule 6 of Social Security Act 2018
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What to do if you disagree with a decision made about your support
69: Rights of review and appeal in Part 7 of Social Security Act 2018
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Help to pay for rest home care through a special loan if you have too many assets
70: Residential care loan scheme
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Money to help buy clothes if you need care and meet certain rules
71: Clothing allowance
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Telling lies or misleading people to get benefits or payments is against the law.
72: Offences: false statements, misleading, or attempting to mislead, to receive or continue to receive advantages
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Time limit to charge someone for breaking the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act
73: Time for filing charging document
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Rules the Governor-General can make about care payments and services
74: Regulations
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Some numbers in this law go up each year to match price increases in New Zealand.
75: Annual adjustments for increase in Consumers Price Index
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