A digital certificate is your digital ID for doing online business (eBusiness) with ACC. It lets the other parties, including ACC, know who you are and ensures your online data is kept secure. Digital certificates usually cost $100 for the first year, then $80 for each subsequent year, but ACC will cover these costs for you.
How digital certificates work
Digital certificates use Public Key Cryptography (PKC) to keep your information safe when it is sent to and from ACC.
Each certificate contains two digital keys:
- a private key, which only you have
- a public key, which can be made available to any party.
Your private details can only be sent when both keys are ‘open’, so you can block or allow the sending of any information, at any time.
How digital certificates are issued
Once you have successfully applied for a digital certificate with the registration authority (ACC), the certification authority (HealthLink) issues your certificate, then couriers it to you.
For more information, read ACC’s Security Policy for Electronic Business (DOC 70K).
Applying for a digital certificate
To register for a digital certificate and access eSchedule or eLodgement, complete the forms below and post them to the New Zealand Health & Disability Sector Registration Authority (NZHSRA).
Note:
Each practice need only complete one HealthSecure Organisation registration form and one ACC23L Organisation Application for eBusiness form.
However, every person who needs a digital certificate must complete the HealthSecure User registration form.
- HealthSecure Organisation registration form (DOC 77K) - register your organisation for a digital certificate.
- ACC23L Organisation Application for eBusiness form (DOC 125K) - register your organisation for ACC’s eBusiness applications.
- HealthSecure User registration form (DOC 65K) - apply for a digital certificate for each individual user.
If you need help completing the forms, please contact the NZHSRA on 0800 117 590 or registrar@nzhsra.co.nz.
Send to:
PO Box 30823
Lower Hutt
Wellington
Fax (04) 918 3713
Last updated: 12 November 2010