Health Insurance Act 1973 Declaration of Quality Assurance Activity under section 124X (QAA No. 3/2005) (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973

DECLARATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE ACTIVITY

UNDER SECTION 124X

QAA No. 3/2005

I, ANTHONY JOHN ABBOTT, Minister for Health and Ageing, under section 124X of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act):

DECLARE the activities described in the Schedule to this Declaration (the Activities) to be quality assurance activities to which Part VC of the Act applies, being satisfied in relation to the Activities that:

(i)  the persons engaging in the Activities are authorised to do so by a body established wholly or partly for the purposes of research and/or an association of health professionals; and

(ii)  it is in the public interest that Part VC of the Act apply to the Activities having regard to the criteria prescribed in regulations 23C to 23G (inclusive) of the Health Insurance Regulations 1975.

…………Tony Abbott………Tony Abbott………………………………………

Minister for Health and Ageing

Dated:         13/12/2005         

SCHEDULE

QAA No. 3/2005

DECLARED QUALITY ASSURANCE ACTIVITIES TO WHICH PART VC OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 APPLIES

Item   Description of Quality Assurance Activity

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1.         Persons engaging in activity:             Australian Haemophilia Centre Directors’ Organisation.

Title:   Australian Bleeding Disorder Registry

Description:   The Activity is for the assessment and evaluation of the quality of health services through the collection of data to record the prevalence of bleeding disorders and to monitor the health and treatment outcomes of those suffering from these disorders.

2.         Persons engaging in activity:             Joint Nuclear Medicine Credentialing & Accreditation Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists

            Title:                   Joint Nuclear Medicine Specialist Credentialing Program

Description:       The Activity is to assess providers of nuclear medicine and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging services against established professional standards, in order that they have approved credentials for their patients to be eligible to receive Medicare benefits for nuclear and PET imaging services performed by these providers.