Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories — Approval) Amendment Principles 2007 (No. 2) (Cth)
Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories — Approval) Amendment Principles 2007 (No. 2)
Health Insurance Act 1973
I, MEGAN PHILOMENA MORRIS, First Assistant Secretary, Medical Benefits Division, Department of Health and Ageing, determine these Principles under subsection 23DNA (1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Dated 3 September 2007
MEGAN MORRIS
First Assistant Secretary, Medical Benefits Division,
Department of Health and Ageing
Name of Principles
These Principles are the Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories — Approval) Amendment Principles 2007 (No. 2).
Commencement
These Principles commence on 1 January 2008.
Amendment of Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories — Approval) Principles 2002
Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories — Approval) Principles 2002.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Section 3, note
substitute
Note See also subsection 23DN (3) of the Act.
[2] Section 5, note
substitute
Note 1 Several other words and expressions used in these Principles have the meaning given by section 3 of the Act. For example:
· accredited pathology laboratory
· approved pathology practitioner
· pathology service
· pathology services table.
Note 2 Several other words and expressions have the meaning given by section 23DNA of the Act. For example:
· pathologist
· scientist
· senior scientist.
[3] Section 14, note
substitute
Note See also paragraph 23DN (2A) (c) of the Act.
[4] Schedule 1
substitute
Schedule 1 Accreditation materials
(section 5)
Part 1 NPAAC materials
| Item | Material | Publication year |
| 1 | Guidelines for Laboratory Procedures Related to the Processing, Storage and Infusion of Cells for Transplantation or Cell Therapy | 2004 |
| 2 | Guidelines for the Facilities and Operation of Hospital and Forensic Mortuaries | 2004 |
| 3 | Standards for Pathology Laboratory Participation in External Proficiency Testing Programs | 2004 |
| 4 | Guidelines for Approved Pathology Collection Centres | 2006 |
| 5 | Guidelines for the Performance of the Pathology Surgical Cut-up | 2006 |
| 6 | Guidelines for the use of Liquid Based Collection Systems and Semi-Automated Screening Devices in the Practice of Gynaecological (Cervical) Cytology | 2006 |
| 7 | Laboratory Accreditation Standards and Guidelines for Nucleic Acid Detection and Analysis | 2006 |
| 8 | Performance Measures for Australian Laboratories Reporting Cervical Cytology | 2006 |
| 9 | Requirements for Gynaecological (Cervical) Cytology | 2006 |
| 10 | Requirements for Supervision of Pathology Laboratories | 2006 |
| 11 | Standards and Guidelines for Laboratory Testing of Antibodies to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) | 2006 |
| 12 | Classification of Human Genetic Testing | 2007 |
| 13 | Requirements for Quality Management in Medical Laboratories | 2007 |
| 14 | Requirements for Cytogenetic Testing | 2007 |
| 15 | Requirements for Information Communication | 2007 |
| 16 | Requirements for the Packaging and Transport of Pathology Specimens and Associated Materials | 2007 |
| 17 | Requirements for Pathology Laboratories | 2007 |
| 18 | Requirements for the Development and Use of In-house In Vitro Diagnostic Devices (IVDs) | 2007 |
| 19 | Requirements for the Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty | 2007 |
| 20 | Requirements for the Retention of Laboratory Records and Diagnostic Material | 2007 |
Note The documents mentioned in Part 1 are available on the Internet — see 2 Other materials
1. National Association of Testing Authorities NATA AS 4633 (ISO 15189) Application Document — Supplementary Requirements for Accreditation in the Field of Medical Testing, published in 2005.
Note The document mentioned in item 1 is available from the National Association of Testing Authorities — see
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