New Zealand Legislation: Acts

31 Providers to give Director-General certain information

• (1) The Director-General must not certify a person to provide health care services of any kind unless the person has given the Director-General—

  • (a) written notice of the name, address, and telephone number of a person who is for the time being the person whom the Director-General should contact about the services; and

  • (b) if the services are to be provided at fixed locations, written notice of the locations.

  (2) A certified provider must promptly give the Director-General written notice of all changes in the name, address, or telephone number of the person who is for the time being the person whom the Director-General should contact about the services.

  (3) A certified provider must promptly give the Director-General written notice of any new fixed location at which the services are being provided.

  (4) A certified provider must promptly give the Director-General written notice,—

  • (a) in the case of a body corporate (other than a District Health Board, some other body corporate that is a Crown entity, a corporation sole, or a Trust Board incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957), of any change in the membership of its governing body:

  • (b) in the case of a Trust Board incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957, of any change in its membership:

  • (c) in the case of any other trust, of any change in the trustees:

  • (d) in the case of a partnership, of any change in the partners.

  (5) A person certified to provide health care services of any kind must promptly give the Director-General written notice of—

  • (a) any incident or situation (for example, a fire, flood, or failure of equipment or facilities) that has put at risk, may have put at risk, puts at risk, or may be putting at risk the health or safety of people for whom the person was or is providing the services; and

  • (b) any investigation commenced by a constable into any aspect of the services, their provision, or any premises in which they were provided; and

  • (c) any death of a person to whom the person was providing the services, or occurring in any premises in which they were provided, that is required to be reported to a coroner under the Coroners Act 2006.

  Section 31(5)(b): amended, on 1 October 2008, pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).

  Section 31(5)(c): amended, on 1 July 2007, by section 146 of the Coroners Act 2006 (2006 No 38).