New Zealand Legislation: Acts

21 Contents of standards

• (1) Service standards may include elements of any or all of the following kinds:

  • (a) general statements of appropriate care delivery outcomes for providers of health care services of all kinds:

  • (b) statements of appropriate care delivery outcomes for providers of health or disability services of any kind:

  • (c) statements of appropriate care delivery outcomes for particular aspects of providing health or disability services of any kind:

  • (d) statements of appropriate outcomes, procedures, or techniques for particular aspects of providing health or disability services of any kind:

  • (e) technical recommendations or specifications for particular aspects of providing health or disability services of any kind:

  • (f) technical recommendations or specifications for equipment, facilities, goods, or materials, used in providing health or disability services, or health or disability services of any kind:

  • (g) in the case of hospital care or rest home care, a means by which there can be ascertained—

    • (i) minimum numbers of nursing and other care staff who must be on duty (at any time, or at different times) in premises in which the care is being provided; and

    • (ii) any minimum qualifications any of them must have.

  (2) Statements of appropriate outcomes may include either or both of the following:

  • (a) descriptions of means for achieving those outcomes:

  • (b) criteria for assessing whether outcomes are appropriate.

  (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not limit the generality of section 13.