解决健康和残疾领域常见的一些关键安全和质量问题。这套标准的监测旨在取代卫生部现行的许可制度，也将成为许多ACC购买的医疗服务的合同要求。由于这是一份侧重于优质护理基本原理的通用文件，因此这些标准适用于广泛的健康和残疾服务。具体而言，这些标准包括消费者权益、组织管理、服务准入和准入、服务提供、管理服务提供、安全和适当的环境。

Addresses a number of key safety and quality issues commonly found in the health and disability sector. The monitoring of this suite of standards is intended to replace the current Ministry of Health licensing regime and will also become a contractual requirement of many ACC purchased health services. Because this is a generic document focusing on the basic fundamentals of quality care, the standards are applicable to a wide range of health and disability based services. Specifically the standards include consumer rights, organizational management, pre-entry and entry to services, service delivery, managing service delivery, safe and appropriate environment.