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Kia ora Cody
Thank you for your email.

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From: Cody C <[FOI #18186 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 13 January 2022 23:26
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Power of Heathline staff to
require people to receive COVID-19 testing and to self-isolate
 
Dear Ministry of Health,

Under which legislation (if any) are Heathline staff empowered to require
people to receive COVID-19 testing and / or to self-isolate?

Yours faithfully,

Cody C

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Kia ora Cody,

 

Thank you for your request for official information. The Ministry's
reference number for your request is: H202200246.

 

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Ngā mihi

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Cody C <[FOI #18186 email]>
Sent: Friday, 14 January 2022 8:09 pm
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your correspondence, 13 January 2021

 

Dear OIA Requests,

 

I am familiar with the the s70 notices on the MoH website. However I don't
feel my question was interpreted correctly. Please allow me to rephrase my
question below.

 

Can a Healthline staff member - being that they are not a Medical Officer
of Health - direct or otherwise require an individual to:

 

1) self-isolate; and / or

2) get a Covid-19 test?

 

Or has Healthline been delegated authority by any Medical Officer of
Health?

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Cody C

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Kia ora Cody

Thank you for your email.

 

Ministry of Health's service providers and healthcare professionals, 
including Healthline, act as agents who communicates the requirements set 
by the appropriately appointed body as defined by the Act and fall under 
section 70 of the Health Act 1956.

 

 

 

Information about relevant health orders can be found at:

 

[1][3]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise....

 

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to 
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be 
contacted by email at: [2][email address] or by calling 0800

802 602.     

 

 

 

Ngā mihi  

 

OIA Services Team  

 

   

 

[3]Ministry of Health information releases  

 

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From: Cody C <[FOI #18186 email]>

Sent: Thursday, 13 January 2022 23:26

To: OIA Requests <[email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Power of Heathline staff to 
require people to receive COVID-19 testing and to self-isolate

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

 

Under which legislation (if any) are Heathline staff empowered to require 
people to receive COVID-19 testing and / or to self-isolate?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Cody C

 

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Kia ora Cody, 

 

Thank you for your email. 

 

As previously stated on 14 January 2022, the Ministry of Health's service
providers and healthcare professionals, including Healthline, act as
agents who communicate the requirements set by the appropriately appointed
body, as defined by the Act and fall under section 70 of the Health Act
1956.  

  

Information about relevant health orders can be found on our website: 

[1]www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-response-planning/covid-19-epidemic-notice-and-orders. 

 

The Ministry has nothing further to add to your request at this time. 

 

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review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may
be contacted by email at: [2][email address] or by calling
0800 802 602.      

  

Ngā mihi

 

OIA Services Team

 

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Subject: Acknowledgement of your request for official information (ref:
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Kia ora Cody,

 

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Ngā mihi

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Cody C <[FOI #18186 email]>
Sent: Friday, 14 January 2022 8:09 pm
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your correspondence, 13 January 2021

 

Dear OIA Requests,

 

I am familiar with the the s70 notices on the MoH website. However I don't
feel my question was interpreted correctly. Please allow me to rephrase my
question below.

 

Can a Healthline staff member - being that they are not a Medical Officer
of Health - direct or otherwise require an individual to:

 

1) self-isolate; and / or

2) get a Covid-19 test?

 

Or has Healthline been delegated authority by any Medical Officer of
Health?

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Cody C

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Kia ora Cody

Thank you for your email.

 

Ministry of Health's service providers and healthcare professionals, 
including Healthline, act as agents who communicates the requirements set 
by the appropriately appointed body as defined by the Act and fall under 
section 70 of the Health Act 1956.

 

 

 

Information about relevant health orders can be found at:

 

[1][7]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise....

 

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to 
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be 
contacted by email at: [2][email address] or by calling 0800

802 602.     

 

 

 

Ngā mihi  

 

OIA Services Team  

 

   

 

[3]Ministry of Health information releases  

 

[4]Unite against COVID-19 

 

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From: Cody C <[FOI #18186 email]>

Sent: Thursday, 13 January 2022 23:26

To: OIA Requests <[email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Power of Heathline staff to 
require people to receive COVID-19 testing and to self-isolate

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

 

Under which legislation (if any) are Heathline staff empowered to require 
people to receive COVID-19 testing and / or to self-isolate?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Cody C

 

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