Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 2) (Cth)

Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 2001 No. 1222

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 30 May 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. 2).

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, paragraph 27 (c)

omit

rule 31.

insert

rule 31 or 31A.

[2]Schedule 1, Part 2, paragraph 30 (1) (b)

omit

for rule 31.

insert

in accordance with rule 31 or 31A.

[3]Schedule 1, Part 2, subrule 30 (2)

omit

The Commission

insert

If the equipment the eligible provider proposes to use is eligible equipment in accordance with rule 31, the Commission

[4]Schedule 1, Part 2, subrule 31 (1)

substitute

• (1)

  For rule 27, equipment that complies with this rule is eligible equipment.

[5]Schedule 1, Part 2, paragraph 31 (3) (c)

before

be

insert

the equipment must

[6]Schedule 1, Part 2, after rule 31

insert

31AMRI and MRA services — eligible equipment

 For rule 27, eligible equipment is equipment other than equipment to which rule 31 applies:

• (a)

  that is registered under the scheme administered by the Department titled ‘MRI Additional Units Eligibility Scheme’, published in Gazette No. GN 20 on 23 May 2001; and

• (b)

  in relation to which the registration has not been cancelled or otherwise ceased to have effect.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2000 No. 291, as amended by 2001 No. 78.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette