Amendments of the Health Commission (Charges) Regulations (ACT)

Regulations 1978 No. 17

Regulations under the Health Commission Ordinance 1975*

I, RALPH JAMES DUNNET HUNT, the Minister of State for Health, hereby make the following Regulations under the Health Commission Ordinance 1975.

Dated this sixth day of October 1978.

RALPH J. HUNT

Minister of State for Health

AMENDMENTS OF THE HEALTH COMMISSION (CHARGES)

REGULATIONSf

1. The Schedule to the Health Commission (Charges) Regulations

is repealed and the following schedule substituted:

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 October 1978.

t Regulations 1975, N o . 13 as amended by Regulations 1976, N o . 18; 1977, Nos . 11, 15, 24 and 28 ; and 1978,

Nos . 7, 8 and 15.

S C H E D U L E Regulation 8

C H A R G E S F O R D E N T A L T R E A T M E N T

Column 1	Column 2
Prescribed
Dental service	charge

s

Consultation and examination (not being the second or a subsequent consultation

and examination)	6.20
Second or subsequent consultation and examination	5.90
Removal of plaque	9 .30
Scaling and cleaning (including removal of plaque)	13.40

Topical application of fluoride 4 .60

Restoration of 1 surface, using amalgam	12.20
Restoration of 2 surfaces, using amalgam	14.80
Restoration of 3 surfaces, using amalgam	19.80
Restoration, using synthetic porcelain	13.40
Plastic restoration	13.40
Restoration of 1 surface, using composite resin	15.00
Restoration of 2 surfaces, using composite resin	18.00
Supply and fixing of a direct gold inlay	The cost of the inlay or

$70, whichever

is the lesser

Supply and fixing of crown or bridge	Cost of materials or $337, whichever is the lesser, together with $7.90 for every 20 minutes or part thereof
Removal of pulp and filling of 1 root canal of a tooth	71.00
Removal of pulp and filling of 2 root canals of the same tooth	81.00
Removal of pulp and filling of 3 or 4 root canals of the same tooth	108.00
Pulp capping	2 .90
Pulpotomy	10.40
X-ray of the whole mouth	37.00
Extra-oral lateral X-ray	15.00
Other X-rays—
(a) 1 film	6.40
(b) 2 films	10.20
(c) 3 or more films	$14.10, together

with $3.90 for
each film in
excess of 3

Emergency treatment for relief of pain or control of haemorrhage	5.50
Sedative dressing for emergency treatment	8.10
Extraction of 1 tooth under local anaesthesia	10.80
Extraction of each additional tooth under local anaesthesia	7.20
Supply of full upper or lower acrylic denture	156.00
Supply of full upper and lower acrylic dentures	270.00
Supply of acrylic partial denture with 1 tooth	65.00
Supply of acrylic partial denture with 2 teeth	70.00
Supply of acrylic partial denture with 3 teeth	89.00
Supply of acrylic partial denture with 4 teeth	100.00
Supply of acrylic partial denture with 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 teeth	122.00
Supply of acrylic partial denture with 10, 11 or 12 teeth	144.00
Supply of clasp (other than clasp for use with cast metal dentures)	7 .00
Supply of occlusal rest otherwise than as part of clasp	3.40
Supply of cast metal partial denture with 1 tooth	The charge for casting,

together with $81

SCHEDULE — continued

Column 1	Column 2 Prescribed
Dental service	charge

$

Supply of cast metal partial denture with 2 teeth The charge for casting,

Supply of cast metal partial denture with 2 teeth

together with $87

Supply of cast metal partial denture with 3 teeth The charge for casting,

together with $92

Supply of cast metal partial denture with 4 teeth The charge for casting,

together with $98

Supply of cast metal partial denture with 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 teeth	The charge for casting,
together with $106
Supply of cast metal partial denture with 10, 11 or 12 teeth	The charge for casting,
together with $112
Casting of cast metal dentures	The cost of the casting
or $70, whichever is the lesser
Relining of a denture (other than a temporary relining)	63.00
Rebasing of a denture (other than a temporary rebasing)	63.00
Repair of fractured denture	14.60
Replacement of 1 tooth or clasp	14.60
Replacement of 1 tooth or clasp where impression required	21.00

Replacement of further teeth or clasps . . $6.40 per tooth
or clasp

Addition of 1 tooth or clasp to denture	30.50
Addition of further teeth or clasps	$8.10 per

tooth or clasp

Treatment of acute gingival infection, first visit	13.40
Treatment of acute gingival infection, second or subsequent visit	10.00
Impression where required for denture repair	3.00

2. (1) The amendment effected by regulation 1 does not apply in relation to a dental service provided by the Commission where any act forming part of the provision of that service was done before the commencement of these Regulations.

(2) The Health Commission (Charges) Regulations, as in force immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, continue to apply in relation to a dental service provided by the Commission where any act forming part of the provision of that service was done before the commencement of these Regulations.