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Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

This is the first periodic Review of Certain Matters under the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977. The review identifies that some good progress has occurred. There is increased ...

Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

The Ministry of Health has opened consultation today on health workforce regulation. Minister of Health Hon Simeon Brown has announced the Government is reviewing New Zealand’s health workforce ...

Dr Corina Grey has been appointed as the new Director of Public Health from 5 May. Public Health Agency Deputy Director-General Dr Andrew Old says Dr Grey has an extensive career working in research, ...

Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

This rest home has been audited against the Health and Disability Services Standards. During the last audit, the auditors identified some areas for improvement. Issues from their last audit are listed ...

The minimum quality standard is used to verify medicinal cannabis products which have been derived from the Cannabis plant. Medicinal cannabis products that meet the minimum quality standard and can ...

This information is to provide clarity for New Zealand health practitioners about the difference between the legal requirements for prescribing and the subsidisation of pharmaceuticals, including ...

Growing, manufacture and sale of low-THC hemp seeds as food is now permitted. You need to meet the requirements of the Misuse of Drugs (Industrial Hemp) Regulations 2006 – for activities involving ...