New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000

9 Strategies for standards and quality assurance programmes

• (1) The Minister must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the commencement of this section, determine a strategy for the development and use of—

  • (a) nationally consistent standards and quality assurance programmes for health services and consumer safety; and

  • (b) nationally consistent performance monitoring of health services and consumer safety against those standards and programmes.

  (2) Before determining the strategy, or amending or replacing it, the Minister must consult any organisations that the Minister considers appropriate.

  (3) The Minister must in each year report on progress in implementing the strategy.

  (4) The Minister must make publicly available, and present to the House of Representatives, a copy of any strategy, amendment, replacement, or report as soon as practicable after the strategy, amendment, replacement, or report has been determined or made.