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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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Privacy and your health information

WEBDisability rights. Rights that are recognised internationally: The UN Disability Convention. Overview; Key ideas and phrases in the UN Disability Convention

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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 …

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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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Communication and information

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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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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Complaining about a breach of your rights

WEBYour complaint doesn’t have to be in writing. You can either –. phone the Commissioner’s office toll-free on 0800 11 22 33. email them at [email protected], fill in the complaint …

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

WEBAchieve. Achieve is a national network established to ensure equal opportunity and access to post-secondary education and training for people with impairments. Website: …

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Health and safety: Retaliation because you stuck up for your rights …

WEBPersonal grievance for retaliation around health and safety issues. Employment Relations Act 2000, s 103 (1) (j) Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, s 89. You can take a …

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Complaints to the Health and Disability Commissioner

WEBThe commissioner investigates complaints about doctors and medical staff and other providers of health and disability services. This includes the medical staff in the prison …

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Sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour

WEBThe Human Rights Act defines sexual harassment as both: Repeated and unwanted sexual behaviours that cause harm – Physical behaviour, language or visual material of a …

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Healthcare for intersex people

WEBGetting healthcare. Healthcare for intersex people. When a baby is identified as intersex, some parents, whānau or medical staff might want the child to have genital surgery as …

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Definitions of key terms and descriptions of key people

WEBDuly Authorised Officers (DAOs) are health professionals – usually senior psychiatric nurses – with special responsibilities under the Mental Health Act. They’re appointed to …

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Mental injuries: Sometimes covered

WEBThe Community Law Manual. The Manual contains over 1000 pages of easy-to-read legal info and comprehensive answers to common legal questions. From ACC to family law, …

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Step 4: The first period of assessment and treatment

WEBMental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, ss 11, 113. The notice that you got with your certificate of preliminary assessment will say whether you will be …

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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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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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Access to transport

WEBHuman Rights Act 1993, ss 44, 52. Access to transport is a critical issue for disabled people so that they can participate equally in life and society – getting to work, study, shops, …

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