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Ministry of Education New Zealand

46 Health and safety practices standard: general

  1. The health and safety practices standard: general is the standard that requires every licensed service provider to whom this regulation applies to:
    1. take all reasonable steps to promote the good health and safety of children enrolled in the service and
    2. take all reasonable precautions to prevent accidents and the spread of infection among children enrolled in the service and
    3. take all reasonable steps to ensure that the premises, facilities, and other equipment on those premises are:
      1. kept in good repair and
      2. maintained regularly and
      3. used safely and kept free from hazards and
    4. take all reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate procedures are in place to deal with fires, earthquakes, and other emergencies.
  2. Each licensed service provider to whom this regulation applies must comply with the health and safety practices standard: general.
Important

The criteria in this section are grouped together by topic. Each criterion has also been given a short, descriptive title.

These titles are provided only to help you navigate around more easily on the website – they do not form part of the criteria themselves.

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Hygiene – HS1 to HS3

Emergencies – HS4 to HS7

Sleep – HS8 to HS10

Hazards and outings – HS11 to HS15

Food and drink – HS16 to H20

Child health and wellbeing – HS21 to HS27

Child protection – HS28 to HS32

Notification – HS33

Supervision – HS34