Health Insurance Determination HS/2/1997 (Cth)
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Health Insurance Act 1973
Health Insurance Determination HS/2/1997
I, MICHAEL RICHARD LEWIS WOOLDRIDGE, Minister for Health and Family Services, make this Determination under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Dated: 18 August 1997
M Wooldridge
Minister for Health and Family Services
Citation
1. This determination may be cited as the Health Insurance Determination HS/2/1997.
Commencement
2. This determination is taken to have commenced on 19 June 1997.
NOTE: A determination made under subsection 3C(1) may be expressed to have effect from a day earlier
than the day on which the determination was made (see s 3C(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973).
Health services
3. (1) A health service mentioned in the Schedule is treated as if it were a
professional service and a medical service for the following provisions:
(a) for a health service given on or after the date of this determination - section 4 of
the National Health Act 1953;
(b) subsections 3(1) and 19(6) and sections 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 20A, 20B
and 20BA of the Health Insurance Act 1973;
(c) regulations 13, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 of the Health Insurance Regulations.
A health service mentioned in the Schedule is also treated as if it were related to an item in the general medical services table that specifies the fee mentioned in the Schedule for the health service.
SCHEDULE
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Item No. Health Service Fee
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Operations
Subgroup 13 – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
45528 Mammaplasty, augmentation, bilateral, not being a $816.80
service to which Item 45524 or 45527 applies, where it can be demonstrated that surgery is indicated because of disease, trauma or congenital malformation (Anaes. 17713 = 5B+8T) (Assist.)
45588 Meloplasty, bilateral, not being a service to which Item $981.20
45587 applies, where it can be demonstrated that surgery
is indicated because of disease, trauma or congenital conditions (Anaes. 17717 = 5B+ 12T) (Assist)
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