Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 6) (Cth)

Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 6)¹

Statutory Rules 2004 No. 384²

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, 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 16 December 2004

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

TONY ABBOTT

Minister for Health and Ageing

1. Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 6).

1. Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 January 2005.

1. Amendment of Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2004

Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2004.

Schedule 1          Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]          Schedule 1, Part 2, subrule 31 (2)

omit

paragraph 36 (b),

insert

paragraph 36 (c),

[2]          Schedule 1, Part 2, rule 34

substitute

1. MRI and MRA services — eligible provider

(1)For rule 33, an eligible provider, in relation to an MRI or MRA service performed with equipment to which rule 35 or paragraph 36 (a) applies, is a specialist in diagnostic radiology who is an eligible provider within the meaning of rule 30 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2000, as in force on 31 October 2001.

(2)For rule 33, an eligible provider, in relation to an MRI or MRA service performed with equipment to which paragraph 36 (b) or (c) applies, is a specialist in diagnostic radiology who has satisfied the Commission that he or she is a participant in the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists’ Quality and Accreditation Program.

[3]          Schedule 1, Part 2, rule 36

substitute

1. MRI and MRA services — eligible equipment

For rule 31, eligible equipment is equipment other than equipment to which rule 35 applies, being:

(a)equipment:

(i)that is registered under the scheme, administered by the Department, titled ‘MRI Additional Units Eligibility Scheme’, as in force on 27 June 2001; and

(ii)in relation to which the registration has not been cancelled or otherwise ceased to have effect; or

(b)equipment:

(i)that is registered under the scheme, administered by the Department, titled ‘2004 MRI Additional Units Eligibility Scheme’, as in force on 29 November 2004; and

(ii)in relation to which the registration has not been cancelled or otherwise ceased to have effect; or

(c)equipment that:

(i)is described in columns 3 and 4 of an item in the following table by reference to the manufacturer, scanner model and magnet strength; and

(ii)is located in the radiology department of a hospital specified in column 2 of that item.

Item	Location	Manufacturer and scanner model	Magnet strength
1	The Women’s and Children’s Hospital 72 King William Rd North Adelaide SA 5006	Philips Magnet Intera	1.0T
2	The Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Roberts Rd Subiaco WA 6008	Siemens Magnatom Sonata	1.5T

Note 1   The MRI Additional Units Eligibility Scheme mentioned in subparagraph (a) (i) is the scheme of that title published in Gazette No. GN 20 on 23 May 2001, as amended by amendments published in Gazette No. S 226 on 27 June 2001.

Note 2   The 2004 MRI Additional Units Eligibility Scheme mentioned in subparagraph (b) (i) is the scheme of that title published in Gazette No. S 479 on 29 November 2004.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2004 No. 307.

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 December 2004.