Pursuant to section 32 of the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001 ("the Act"), the Director-General of Health designates The DAA Group Limited ("the auditing agency") to audit the provision or likely future provision of the following kinds of health care services:
Hospital Care (as defined in section 4 (1) of the Act).
Rest Home Care (as defined in section 6 (2) of the Act).
Residential Disability Care (as defined in section 4 (1) of the Act) excluding sensory.
This designation is subject to the following conditions:
1. The auditing agency must ensure that where it audits the provision of health care services for people with physical or intellectual disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities or mental illnesses, the auditing agency observes the following:
? for audits involving services for people with physical disabilities, a person with a pronounced physical disability must fully participate in all aspects of the audit; and
? for audits involving services for people with intellectual disabilities, a person with an intellectual disability (accompanied by a support person where necessary), or a close family or whanau member of a person with an intellectual disability must participate in all aspects of the audit; and
? for people with psychiatric disabilities or mental illnesses, a past or present consumer of mental health services must fully participate in all aspects of the audit.
2. The auditing agency must inform the Ministry of Health immediately by way of written notice when they are accredited with IANZ and if there is any change to their accreditation status with IANZ.
Under section 38 of the Act, this designation will expire three years after the date of this notification in the
New Zealand Gazette.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of September 2002.
KAREN POUTASI (DR), Director-General of Health.