Canberra Community Hospital (Charges) Regulations (ACT)

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CANBERRA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ORDINANCE

CANBERRA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (CHARGES) REGULATIONS*

REGULATIONS 1964, No. 5f

1. Regulation 7 of the Canberra Community Hospital (Charges)

Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Charges for	" 7. The charge for a radiological service, being a service specified in
radiological
services.	the column 2 of the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations, is the amount specified in column 3 of that Schedule opposite to that service.".

Fourth 2. The Canberra Community Hospital (Charges) Regulations are

Schedule. amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:—

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Regulation 7.

CHARGES FOR RADIOLOGICAL SERVICES.

Column 1. Column 2. Column 3.

Item No.	Radiological Service provided.	Charge
£ s. d.

PART 1 .—RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF EXTREMITIES

AND REPORT.

1	Digits or phalanges—all or any of either hand or either foot	1	2	6
2	Hand, wrist, forearm, elbow or arm (elbow to shoulder)	2	5	0
3	Hand, wrist and lower forearm; upper forearm and elbow; or elbow

and arm (elbow to shoulder) 2 5 0

4	Foot , ankle, lower leg, upper leg, knee or thigh	2	5	0
5	Foot , ankle and lower leg; or upper leg and knee	2	5	0

in the Commonwealth Gazette and commenced on 17 September, 1964.

PART 2 .—RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF SHOULDER

OR H I P JOINT AND REPORT.

6	Shoulder region including clavicle and scapula	2	5	0
7	Hip joint	2	5	0
8	Pelvic girdle	3	7	6
9	Smith-Petersen nail—insertion or similar procedure	6	15	0

PART 3 .—RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF HEAD

AND REPORT.

10	Skull, sinuses or mastoids	3	7	6
11	Maxilla or orbit, or both	3	7	6
12	Mandible, malar bones or salivary calculus	3	7	6
13	Nose or eye	2	5	0
14	Larynx	2	5	0

* Regulations 1961, No. 15 as amended by Regulations 1963, No. 1.

t Made under the Canberra Community Hospital Ordinance 1938-1963 on 18 August, 1964; notified

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FOURTH SCHEDULE—continued.

Column 2.

Radiological Service provided.

PART 4 .—RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF SPINE AND REPORT.

Spine—any one region

PART 5.- RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF THORACIC

REGION AND REPORT.

Chest (lung fields) by direct radiography
Chest (lung fields) by direct radiography with fluoroscopic screening
Chest, by miniature radiography
Pleura
Orthodiagraphy
Teleoroentgenography with cardiac measurements
Cardiac examination (including barium swallow)
Cardiac measurements and kymography

Sternum or one or more ribs

PART 6. -RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF URINARY

T R A C T AND REPORT.

Plain renal
Intravenous pyelography
Retrograde pyelography
Cystography, urethrography or vesiculography
Perirenal insufflation

PART 7 .—RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF ALIMENTARY T R A C T AND BILIARY SYSTEM (WITH OR WITHOUT FLUOROSCOPY) AND REPORT.

Oesophagus, with or without examination for foreign body or

bar ium swallow

Barium or other opaque meal of oesophagus, stomach and

duodenum, with or without screening of chest

Plain abdominal

Barium or other opaque meal of oesophagus, stomach, duodenum

and follow through to colon, with or without screening of chest

Opaque enema
Graham's test (cholecystography)
Cholangiography

PART

8.- -RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION FOR LOCALIZATION OF

FOREIGN BODIES AND REPORT.

Foreign body in eye (special method, Sweet's or other)

Foreign body elsewhere than in eye—the amount specified for the

radiographic examination of the area and report, plus

PART 9 .—RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF BREASTS.

Radiographic examination of breast or breasts and report

PART 10.—RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION IN CONNEXION WITH

PREGNANCY AND REPORT.

Pregnant uterus

I Pelvimetry

CANBERRA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ORDINANCE—

F O U R T H	SCHEDULE—continued.
Column 2.

Radiological Service provided.

PART 11.—OPAQUE OR CONTRAST M E D I A .

Radiographic examination, with opaque or contrast media, and report

(not including any service covered by items 67 to 75 (inclusive)

in this Schedule).

Myelography, encephalography, cerebral angiography or

ventriculography

Uterine lipiodol (hysterosalpingography)

Bronchography, arteriography, phlebography, aortography or

splenography

Sialography or vasoepididymyography

Sinuses and fistulae—the amount specified for the radiograph

examination of the area and report, plus

Pneumarthrography—the amount specified for the radiograph

examination of the area and report, plus

Pneumoperitoneum

PART 12.—TOMOGRAPHY.

Tomography of any part and report

PART 13.—STEREOSCOPIC EXAMINATIONS.

Stereoscopic examination and report—the amount specified for

the radiographic examination of the area and report, plus

PART 14.—FLUOROSCOPIC EXAMINATIONS.

Fluoroscopic examination and report not covered by any other item

in this Schedule (where radiograph is not taken).

Examination with general anaesthesia

Examination without general anaesthesia

PART 15.—RADIOTHERAPY.

Radiotherapy (including treatment by means of X-rays, radium rays
or other radio-active substances) not covered by any other item

in this Schedule—each attendance at which treatment is given

Implantation of Radio-active Substances for Tumour.

Lip
Mouth or tongue or both
Bladder
Prostate
Cervix or corpus uteri
Intrathoracic viscera
Retina

Region not specified in any other item in this Schedule, requiring

a major anaesthetic

Region not specified in any other item in this Schedule, not requiring

a major anaesthetic

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F O U R T H SCHEDULE—continued.

Column 1.	Column 2.	Column 3.
Item No.	Radiological Service provided.	Charge
£ s. d.

PART 15.—RADIOTHERAPY—continued.

Moulds of Radio-active Substances.

63	Alveolus, palate or antrum	13 10	0
64	Scar following radical mastectomy	6 15	0
65	Hand or other skin area	6 15	0

Injection of Radio-active Substances.

66 Intracavitary administration of radio-active substances 5 12 6

PART 16.—PREPARATION FOR RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE.

Preparation (including injection of opaque or contrast media or the

removal of fluid and its replacement by air, oxygen or other

contrast media).

67	Myelography	4 10	0
68	Encephalography	6 15	0
69	Cerebral angiography or ventriculography	11 5	0
70	Bronchography (but not including bronchoscopy)	3 7	6
71	Aortography	6 15	0
72	Arteriography—peripheral, phlebography or splenography	3 7	6
73	Sinus or fistula, injection into	1 2	6
74	Perirenal insufflation	2 5	0

75 Pneumarthrography or pneumoperitoneum 2 5 0

REGULATIONS 1965, No. 2*

1. After regulation 9 of the Canberra Community Hospital (Charges)

Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

" 9 A . — ( 1 . ) The charge for a course of treatment provided at the Charges for

rehabilitation unit at the Hospital for an in-patient who is a person to whom services,
regulation 11 of these Regulations applies or for an out-patient is Ten
shillings for the first visit and Five shillings for each subsequent visit during

that course of treatment.

"(2.) The charge for a meal supplied by the Board to an out-patient

attending a course of treatment at the rehabilitation unit is Five shillings.".

2. Regulation 11 of the Canberra Community Hospital (Charges) Regu- charges where	patient
Iations is amended—	entitled to

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the word "Medica l" and " ™ ^ a ^ ° , "

inserting in its stead the word "Genera l" ; and

(b) by inserting in paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (2.) after the words " a course of treatment specified i n " the words " regulation 9A or ".

• Made under the Canberra Community Hospital Ordinance 1938-1964 on 16 March, 1965; notified in

the Commonwealth Gazette and commenced on 1 April, 1965.