In 2022, the Bay of Plenty DHB was dissolved as part of a national overhaul of the district health board system.

Its former functions and responsibilities were assumed by Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand).

[3] The area covered by the Bay of Plenty District Health Board was defined in Schedule 1 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 and based on territorial authority and ward boundaries as constituted as at 1 January 2001.

[4] The area could be adjusted through an Order in Council,[5] which happened on 27 April 2001, by clause 7 of the Health (Constituencies of District Health Boards) Order 2001, when Mayor Island / Tuhua and Mōtītī Island were added to the area.

[16] In addition to the public hospitals the Bay of Plenty District Health Board Funds: