Declining Services. We reserve the right to decline any request for work that we consider is contrary to our professional standards or that in our view may be harmful to your or our reputations. If you object to us declining any work under this clause we have the right to terminate this Agreement with immediate effect.
Declining Services. You will develop and implement processes to ensure the immediate safety of persons and others who are not eligible for the Services or who are declined the Services. These processes will provide for:
(a) sufficient preliminary assessment to ensure that the person is not eligible for the Services or does not require your Services or should be declined the Services;
(b) advice to the person and/or their family/whanau of alternative services that are available and, if necessary, formal referral of the person to an alternative service;
(c) documentation of the reasons for declination and informing us, if required; and
(d) a documented process to manage any declinations.
Declining Services. (1) The Provider may decline to provide Services to a Service User on the basis of conscientious objection if permitted by the Code of Ethics.
(2) The Provider must develop and implement processes to ensure the immediate safety of persons and others who are not eligible for the Services or who are declined Services, which must provide for:
(a) sufficient preliminary assessment to determine whether the person is eligible for the Services, does not require Services, or should be declined the Services;
(b) advice to the person or their family/whānau of alternative services that are available and, if necessary, formal referral of the person to an alternative service;
(c) documenting the reasons for declining Services and informing the DHB, if required; and
(d) otherwise managing the declining of Services.
Declining Services. You will develop and implement processes to ensure the immediate safety of persons and others who are not eligible for the Services or who are declined the Services. These processes will provide for:
(a) sufficient preliminary assessment to ensure that the person is not eligible for the Services or does not require your Services or should be declined the Services;
(b) advice to the person and/or their family/whanau of alternative services that are available and, if necessary, formal referral of the person to an alternative service;
(c) documentation of the reasons for declination and informing us, if required; and
(d) a documented process to manage any declinations. For the avoidance of doubt, the only circumstances under which you may decline to provide the Services are if:
(e) a person is not an Eligible Person;
(f) a person does not require Services;
(g) a person requires services that you are not contracted to provide under clause C2 of Schedule C1;
(h) you are contracted to provide Pharmacy Methadone Services for Opioid Dependence but providing those services to a particular person would cause you to exceed the maximum number of Service Users who may regularly access Pharmacy Methadone Services for Opioid Dependence from your Pharmacy, as agreed with us pursuant to clause 6.2(b) of the service specification for Pharmacy Methadone Services for Opioid Dependence; or
(i) you have a conscientious objection to providing the Services, as set out in clause G7.4. Declining to provide Services in circumstances other than those specified in paragraphs (e) to (i) above will be a breach of the Agreement.
