27 June 2024
Sue
[FYI request #27048 email] Kia ora Sue
Time Extension of your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-032707
Thank you for your email of 29 May 2024, asking for the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Request 1: Please provide the guidelines, rules, regulations, and other documents for situations
when:
(1) The external clinical advisor states the medical question is outside their scope of practice:
(2) The external clinical advisor notifies ACC that they are retired, and hence can no longer hold a
practice certificate.
On your website, you have a policy titled Client Choice of Providers Policy (GOV-003380), which is
applicable to external clinical advisors as that is a medical specialist assessment that ACC uses for
decisions about cover for complex claims. Arrange medical single discipline assessment processes,
step 2(c) (GOV-007023).
Request 2. Please provide the current list of ECA's based on specialities and sub-specialities, and the
historical list since 01/16/2016. Please provide this information in an excel spreadsheet format, or a
searchable pdf format, which can be converted to an excel spreadsheet.
ACC needs extra time
The Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no later than 20 working days after the
day we received your request. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit and we are
therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our decision, to 26 July 2024.
This extension is necessary because consultations necessary to make a decision on your request are such
that a proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.
If you are not happy with this response
You have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi
Christopher Johnston
Manager Official Information Act Services
Government Engagement
