Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1) (Cth)

Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2001 No. 782

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated 19 April 2001

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

MICHAEL WOOLDRIDGE

Minister for Health and Aged Care

1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2000

Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Schedule 1, Part 2, subrule 9 (1)

omit

55850

insert

55854

[2]Schedule 1, Part 2, rule 10

omit

55850

insert

55854

[3]Schedule 1, Part 2, rule 15

omit

55850

insert

55854

[4]Schedule 1, Part 2, rule 16, heading

substitute

16Items 55800 to 55854 — multiple scans

[5]Schedule 1, Part 2, rule 16

omit

55850

insert

55854

[6]Schedule 1, Part 3, after item 55850

insert

55852	Paediatric spine, spinal cord and overlying subcutaneous tissues, ultrasound scan of, performed by or on behalf of a medical practitioner, where: (a) the service is not associated with a service to which an item in Subgroup 2 or 3 applies; and (b) the patient is referred by a medical practitioner; and (c) the referring practitioner is not a member of a group of practitioners of which the first-mentioned practitioner is a member (R)	99.90
55854	Paediatric spine, spinal cord and overlying subcutaneous tissues, ultrasound scan of, performed by or on behalf of a medical practitioner, where: (a) the service is not associated with a service to which an item in Subgroup 2 or 3 applies; and (b) the patient is not referred by a medical practitioner (NR)	34.65

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2000 No. 291.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette