Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories — Approval) Amendment Principles 2017 (No. 2) (Cth)
Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories — Approval) Amendment Principles 2017 (No. 2)
I, MARIA JOLLY, delegate of the Minister for Health, make these principles under subsection 23DNA(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Dated 7 June 2017
Maria Jolly
First Assistant Secretary
Medical Benefits Division
Department of Health
Contents
1 Name. 1
2 Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1
3 Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1
4 Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories – Approval) Principles 2002 2
1 Name
This is the Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories — Approval) Amendment Principles 2017 (No. 2).
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after registration.
3 Authority
These Principles are made under subsection 23DNA(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to these Principles is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to these Principles has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories – Approval) Principles 2002
1 Subsection 5(1) (definition of accreditation materials)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
accreditation materials means:
(a) until 30 November 2017 - each document mentioned in Schedule 1, published in the year mentioned for the document;
(b) beginning on 1 December 2017 - each document mentioned in Schedule 2, published in the year mentioned for the document.
2 Schedule 1
Repeal the Schedule, substitute:
Schedule 1—Accreditation materials (until 30 November 2017)
NPAAC materials
| Item | Material | Publication year |
| 1 | Requirements for Medical Pathology Services (First Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 2 | Requirements for Procedures Related to the Collection, Processing, Storage and Issue of Human Haemopoietic Progenitor Cells (Fifth Edition 2015) | 2015 |
| 3 | Requirements for the Facilities and Operation of Mortuaries (Third Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 4 | Requirements for Enrolment and Participation in External Quality Assessment (Fifth Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 5 | Guidelines for Approved Pathology Collection Centres (Requirements for Medical Pathology Specimen Collection) (Third Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 6 | Requirements for the Performance of Anatomical Pathology Cut‑Up (Fourth Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 7 | Requirements for Medical Testing of Human Nucleic Acids (Second Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 8 | Performance Measures for Australian Laboratories Reporting Cervical Cytology (Third Edition 2015) | 2015 |
| 9 | Requirements for Gynaecological (Cervical) Cytology (Third Edition 2017) | 2017 |
| 10 | Requirements for the Supervision of Pathology Laboratories | 2007 |
| 11 | Requirements for Laboratory Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) (Third Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 12 | Requirements for Medical Testing of Microbial Nucleic Acids (Second Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 13 | Requirements for Cytogenetic Testing (Third Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 14 | Requirements for Information Communication (Third Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 15 | Requirements for the Packaging and Transport of Pathology Specimens and Associated Materials (Fourth Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 16 | Requirements for the Development and Use of In‑house In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices (IVDs) (Third Edition 2014) | 2014 |
| 17 | Requirements for the Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty | 2007 |
| 18 | Requirements for the Retention of Laboratory Records and Diagnostic Material (Sixth Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 19 | Requirements for Transfusion Laboratory Practice (Third Edition 2017) | 2017 |
| 20 | Requirements for Human Clinical Genome Testing Utilising Massively Parallel Sequencing Technologies (First Edition 2017) | 2017 |
| 21 | Requirements for Semen Analysis (First Edition 2017) | 2017 |
Note The documents mentioned are available on the Internet — see 2 ― Accreditation materials (beginning on 1 December 2017)
NPAAC materials
| Item | Material | Publication year |
| 1 | Requirements for Medical Pathology Services (First Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 2 | Requirements for Procedures Related to the Collection, Processing, Storage and Issue of Human Haemopoietic Progenitor Cells (Fifth Edition 2015) | 2015 |
| 3 | Requirements for the Facilities and Operation of Mortuaries (Third Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 4 | Requirements for Enrolment and Participation in External Quality Assessment (Fifth Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 5 | Guidelines for Approved Pathology Collection Centres (Requirements for Medical Pathology Specimen Collection) (Third Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 6 | Requirements for the Performance of Anatomical Pathology Cut‑Up (Fourth Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 7 | Requirements for Medical Testing of Human Nucleic Acids (Second Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 8 | Requirements for Laboratories Reporting Tests for the National Cervical Screening Program (First Edition 2017) | 2017 |
| 9 | Requirements for the Supervision of Pathology Laboratories | 2007 |
| 10 | Requirements for Laboratory Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) (Third Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 11 | Requirements for Medical Testing of Microbial Nucleic Acids (Second Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 12 | Requirements for Cytogenetic Testing (Third Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 13 | Requirements for Information Communication (Third Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 14 | Requirements for the Packaging and Transport of Pathology Specimens and Associated Materials (Fourth Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 15 | Requirements for the Development and Use of In‑house In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices (IVDs) (Third Edition 2014) | 2014 |
| 16 | Requirements for the Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty | 2007 |
| 17 | Requirements for the Retention of Laboratory Records and Diagnostic Material (Sixth Edition 2013) | 2013 |
| 18 | Requirements for Transfusion Laboratory Practice (Third Edition 2017) | 2017 |
| 19 | Requirements for Human Clinical Genome Testing Utilising Massively Parallel Sequencing Technologies (First Edition 2017) | 2017 |
| 20 | Requirements for Semen Analysis (First Edition 2017) | 2017 |
Note The documents mentioned are available on the Internet — see
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