Health Commission (Charges) Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

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Health Commission (Charges) Regulations 2

(Amendment)

I, M I C H A E L JOHN RANDAL M A C K E L L A R , the Minister of State for
Health, hereby make the following Regulations under the Health Commission

Ordinance 1975.

Dated 7 May 1981.

M I C H A E L M A C K E L L A R

Minister of State for Health

Interpretation

1. Regulation 2 of the Health Commission (Charges) Regulations is

amended—

(a)	by adding at the end of the definition of "hospital" in sub-regulation (1) "but in the case of the premises known as the Woden Valley Hospital does not include ward 10A";
(b)	by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the definition of "medically insured person"; and

(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:

"(7) A reference in these Regulations to a health services hostel shall be read as including a reference to ward 10A of the Woden Valley Hospital.".

(b)	a person who, in the opinion of the Chief Medical Administrator of the hospital, has, or may have, a right to recover from another person, by way of compensation or damages, the cost of the
medical treatment he is to receive at the hospital,

Hospital fees

2 . Regulation 3 of the Health Commission (Charges) Regulations is

amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (8) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

"(8) A patient at a hospital conducted by the Commission who is a

hospital insured person and not—

(a) a non-eligible person; or

may, by notice in writing given to the Chief Medical Administrator of the hospital, elect to receive medical treatment exclusively from persons employed by the Commission or acting at the request of the Commission."; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (10) "at a hospital conducted by the Commission who is a hospital insured person or a non-eligible person makes an election under" and substituting "makes an election in accordance with".

Fees for medical services, other than pathology services
3 . Regulation 6A of the Health Commission (Charges) Regulations is
amended by omitting paragraph (2) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(b) a professional service provided at a hospital conducted by the

Commission to a person who is not—

(i) a non-eligible person; or

(ii)   a person who, in the opinion of the Chief Medical Admin­ istrator of the hospital, has, or may have, a right to recover from another person, by way of compensation or damages, the cost of the professional service;".

Fees for pathology services for non-eligible persons, &c.

4 . Regulation 6c of the Health Commission (Charges) Regulations is

amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) "Where" and substituting "Subject to sub-regulation (2), where";

(b) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) (c) "and";
(c) by omitting from paragraph (2) (d) "and" ; and

(d) by omitting paragraph (2) (e).

N O T E S

1. Not i f i ed in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette o n 19 M a y 1981 .

2 . R e g u l a t i o n s 1975 N o . 13 as a m e n d e d by 1976 N o . 1 8 ; 1977 N o s . 11 , 15, 2 4 a n d 2 8 ;

1978 N o s . 7, 8, 15, 17, 18 a n d 1 9 ; 1979 N o s . 5, 14, 17 a n d 2 3 ; 1980 N o s . 3, 8, 9, 13, 16
and 17; 1981 N o . 10.