Regulations and Standards

There are a number of regulations, standards, and guidelines on the role of telehealth in New Zealand.  This page has copies of regulations and standards that have particular importance or can be applied broadly.  Different documents will be applicable to different users, depending on their situation.

Regulatory Standards

• Medical Council of New Zealand – Statement on Telehealth | Discussion on Revised Statement on Telehealth
• The Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) – View Website
• Privacy Commissioner – Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2003
• New Zealand Legislation – Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act
• The Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) – Code of Health and Disability Services Consumer Rights
• Privacy Commissioner – Health Information Privacy Code

Professional Body Guidance

• The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners - Position Statement on Telehealth 
• Medical Council – Regulating Telehealth (including work on a revised statement on telehealth) PDF Version
• The Royal Australasian College of Physicians – Telehealth Guidelines and Practical Tips
• The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists – Position on Teleradiology
• The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists – Position Statement on International Clinical Teleradiology
• The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists – Professional Practice Standards and Guides for Telepsychiatry
• The Royal College of Pathologists of Australia – Position Statement on Telepathology
• College of Intensive Care Medicine – Guidelines on the Use of Telemedicine in the Intensive Care Unit
• The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) – View Website
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) – View Website
• The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) – View Website
• Nurse Executives of New Zealand Inc – Position Statement on Telehealth
• The Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA), Nursing Informatics Australia (NIA) and the Australian
  College of Nursing (ACN) - Nursing Informatics - Joint Position Statement on Telehealth

Technical Standards

• Videoconferencing Interoperability Standard – HISO 10049.1
• Videoconferencing Endpoint Naming Scheme – HISO 10049.2
• Connected Health Network Connectivity Standards – HISO 10037
• Health Information Security Framework – HISO 10029

Technical Guidance

• Ministry of Health - Health Apps Assessment Guidance
• Health Navigator - Health App Library, apps that have been reviewed by a range of experts.
• Buddle Findlay – Telemedicine in NZ and Across Borders - The Legal Challenges
• ACRRM – Technical Principles in Telehealth
• AHPRA – Guidelines for technology based patient consultations
• Australian Government – Telehealth Technical Standards Position Paper Final
• DOHA – Guidance on Security and Privacy Issues for Clinicians
• UniQuest – Telehealth Assessment Report
• UniQuest – Telehealth Business Case Advice and Options
• Guideline for Establishing and Maintaining Sustainable Telemedicine Services in New Zealand
• Guidance for implementing high-quality multidisciplinary meetings