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Privacy and your health information

WebHealth professionals in the public sector can’t charge you for giving you your own health information. Health professionals in the private sector usually can’t charge, but they can …

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Health and disability services: Your rights and how to enforce them

WebHealth and Disability Commissioner. The Health and Disability Commissioner website sets out your rights under the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights and …

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Your rights to respect, dignity, and fairness

WebCode of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights, Right 1. You have the right to be treated with respect at all times. This includes the right to services that take into account …

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Complaining about a breach of your rights

WebHealth and disability advocates work for the Health and Disability Commissioner’s Office, providing a free, independent advocacy service throughout New Zealand. They provide …

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How health and safety laws are enforced

WebHealth and safety inspectors. Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, ss 163–180. Health and safety inspectors work for WorkSafe New Zealand, the government agency responsible …

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Your rights as a mental health patient

WebRight 2: Respect for cultural identity. Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, ss 5, 65. This right acknowledges that different cultures have …

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Quality of treatment and care

WebWhaikaha is the Ministry for Disabled People. On the website, it contains information about how to access support and funding and has a directory of advisory services. Website: …

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Communication and information

WebThe health professionals must explain the different options available to you for treatment or other services, including the expected risks, side effects, benefits and costs of each …

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Step 4: The first period of assessment and treatment

WebMental health district inspectors. District Inspectors are lawyers appointed by the Minister of Health to protect the rights of people receiving treatment under the Mental Health …

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Applying to the Review Tribunal

WebThe Review Tribunal is a special court. It can: review decisions to continue a patient’s compulsory treatment order; investigate complaints about breaches of patient rights (see: …

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Health and safety protections

WebHealth and Safety at Work Act 2015, ss 17, 19, 36(1) The main protections of the Health and Safety at Work Act cover the following people: Paid workers – This includes …

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Overview of the mental health laws

WebThe Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 – “the Mental Health Act” for short – covers situations where it is believed that person needs treatment for …

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Laws about your wellbeing at school

WebHealth and safety laws – Schools have to do everything they can to make sure no physical or mental harm happens to you during school hours, on school grounds, or at school …

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Discrimination in schools

WebDiscrimination is when you are treaty unfairly because of your gender, race, religion, ethnicity or disability. The Human Rights Act (the Act) makes certain types discrimination …

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Definitions of key terms and descriptions of key people

WebThe Mental Health Act defines “mental disorder” as an abnormal state of mind (whether of a continuous or intermittent nature), shown by delusions or disorders of mood, perception, …

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The compulsory assessment process

WebMental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, ss 8, 8A. Anyone over 18 years old who believes that you may be suffering from a mental disorder, and who …

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Health & disability

WebMental health district inspectors. District Inspectors are lawyers appointed by the Minister of Health to protect the rights of people receiving treatment under the Mental Health …

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Restrictions on people using and giving out your information

WebThe Nationwide Health & Disability Advocacy Service offers free, independent, and confidential advice to support you making a complaint about health and disability …

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Compulsory Treatment Orders

WebA compulsory treatment order is a court order stating that a person who is assessed as having a mental disorder will have to receive treatment for up to six months. For the first …

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Applying for jobs: What you do and don't have to say about your

WebNationwide Health & Disability Advocacy Service. The Nationwide Health & Disability Advocacy Service offers free, independent, and confidential advice to support you in …

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“Judicial inquiry”: Going to the High Court

WebReviews and appeals “Judicial inquiry”: Going to the High Court. Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, s 84. If you are in hospital under an inpatient …

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Ongoing medical care in prison

WebCorrections Act 2004, ss 19A, 20, 75; Corrections Regulations, regs 71, 73. Yes. You have the right to get medical care, free of charge. Every prison must have enough doctors to …

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