Health Insurance Amendment (Specialist Trainee Program) Regulation 2014 (Cth)

Health Insurance Amendment (Specialist Trainee Program) Regulation 2014

Select Legislative Instrument No. 28, 2014

I, Quentin Bryce AC CVO, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated 13 March 2014

Quentin Bryce

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

Peter Dutton

Minister for Health

Contents

1............ Name of regulation............................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority............................................................................................ 1

4............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                       2

Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulation 2013         2

Health Insurance Regulations 1975                                                      2

1Name of regulation

This regulation is the Health Insurance Amendment (Specialist Trainee Program) Regulation 2014.

2Commencement

This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.

3Authority

This regulation is made under the Health Insurance Act 1973.

4Schedule(s)

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulation 2013

1  Division 2.36 of Part 2

Repeal the Division.

2  Dictionary (definition of specialist trainee under the supervision of a medical practitioner)

Repeal the definition.

Health Insurance Regulations 1975

3  Regulation 2

Omit “In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:”, substitute “(1) In these Regulations:”.

4  At the end of regulation 2

Add:

           (2)For subsection 3(20) of the Act, specialist trainee means a medical practitioner who is enrolled in and undertaking a training program with a medical college, within the meaning of section 3GC of the Act.

5  Regulation 3

Repeal the regulation, substitute:

3  Professional services

           (1)  Each medical service described in items 51700 to 53460 of the general medical services table is prescribed for paragraph (b) of the definition of professional service in subsection 3(1) of the Act.

           (2)  Each professional service described in the following items of the general medical services table is prescribed for subsection 3(18) of the Act:

                   (a)  items 13015 to 16018;

                   (b)  items 16600 to 16636;

                   (c)  items 18213 to 18298;

                   (d)  items 20100 to 51318.