Changes in legislation in 2018 allowed registered nurses along with nurse practitioners and general practitioners to complete driver licence medicals.

The Foundation programme represents a collection of legislative, regulatory and clinical requirements for all general practices in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Foundation Standard and Cornerstone® are developed by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. They include a variety of quality assurance and improvement goals relating to minimum patient safety and legal requirements, supporting New Zealand general practitioners and their teams.

Ensuring patients have access to care outside normal general practice hours and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.

The Ministry has reviewed the cold chain documents and the National Standards for Vaccine Storage and Transportation for Immunisation Providers 2017 along with the Cold Chain Accreditation documentation.

The Civil Defence Emergency Act (2002) and subsequent amendments requires all health and disability service providers to have a plan that can meet the expected delivery of essential primary, secondary and tertiary services in the event of a major health emergency occurring, whether that be local, regional or national.

The Children's Act came into effect on 1 July 2015. Learn what is in a worker safety check, download resources to help with this and learn more about our police vetting service.

This AdHelp information was developed to give guidance in the rapidly evolving space of influencer social media advertising and it applies to all influencer ad content posted from 14 September 2020.

The Arms Legislation Act 2020 introduced changes to the Arms Act 1983 which come into effect from 24 December 2020. The changes aim to reduce harm from firearms.

Where to turn for help and how to avoid workplace bullying.