14 December 2023
Anon
[FYI request #24847 email]
Kia ora
Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-029160
Thank you for your email of 24 November 2023, asking for various documents under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Please find the following documents attached
• Claim validation framework guide;
• Criteria for a valid overseas practising certificate for providers who caused a treatment injury;
• Cover acceptance criteria for a treatment injury claim when the treatment occurred in New Zealand
but the resulting treatment injury is identified overseas;
• Cover acceptance criteria for a treatment injury claim when the treatment occurred overseas;
• Determining overseas equivalent of Registered Health Professional; and
• Comparable country for overseas claim.
As staff names were not requested, they have been deemed outside the scope of your request and
removed from the documents provided. Please note that the ‘Claim validation framework guide’ is no
longer in use and was archived in July 2021.
ACC’s ‘Cover for injuries suffered outside New Zealand Policy’ can be found on our website, here:
www.acc.co.nz/assets/Policy-and-procedure-documents/cover-for-injuries-suffered-outside-new-zealand-
policy.pdf.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public
ACC may publish a copy of this response on ACC’s website. All requester data, including your name and
contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released response will be made available
www.acc.co.nz/resources/#/category/12. If you have any questions about this response, please get in touch
You can email me at
[email address]. Ngā mihi
Sara Freitag
Manager, Official Information Act Services
Government Engagement
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