The Designated Audit Agency scheme has been developed by the New Zealand Ministry of Health to ensure that hospitals, rest homes and residential disability care facilities provide safe and reasonable levels of service for consumers, as required under the Health and Disability Service (Safety) Act 2001.

The following provides links to the accreditation criteria, accreditation application pack documentation, and other related documents. All policies and procedures are un-controlled when printed. Please read all appropriate accreditation criteria, Procedure 5 (accreditation process), and when ready provide a completed application (with signatures, appropriate application fee, and documentation set) for review.

Accreditation Criteria

             ISO/IEC 17021 - available from your national standards writing body

             DAA Handbook - available from the NZ Ministry of Health

Policy 06/09 - Policy for the application of Procedure 31, Issue 4 to nominated healthcare standards other than the Core Standards for Safety and Quality in Healthcare (205 KB) - accreditation criteria is contained in Annex A to this policy

IAF MD 2:2007 Transfer of Accredited Certification of Management Systems

IAF MD 5:2009 Duration of QMS and EMS Audits

Procedure 3 - Rules of procedure governing the use of the accreditation symbol (40 KB)

Procedure 11 - Rules of procedure governing accreditation (70 KB)

Procedure 31 - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of healthcare management systems to the Core Standards for Safety and Quality in Healthcare (55 KB)

Policies

Policies introduce or change accreditation criteria.

Policy 06/09 - Policy for the application of Procedure 31, Issue 4 to nominated healthcare standards other than the Core Standards for Safety and Quality in Healthcare (205 KB)

Application Documents

Form 10 - Checklist for Policy 06/09 Annex A (460 KB)

Form 22 - Fee structure (25 KB)

Form 45 - Information disclosure (50 KB)

Form 66 - Application for accreditation as a Designated Audit Agency (400 KB)

Form 67 - Healthcare Sector scheme checklist (290 KB)

Form 107 - ISO/IEC 17021 checklist (680 KB)

Accreditation Process 

Procedure 5 - The conduct of accreditation assessments (180 KB)  

Advisory Notes

Advisory notes do not change accreditation criteria. There are no current advisory notes.

 If you require further information please contact us.

Other information

For more information on the MOH requirements please visit the Ministry of Health's website. For more information on ISO/IEC 17021 please visit the ISO's website.