Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 3) (Cth)

Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 3)1

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 3592

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 18 December 2003

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

TONY ABBOTT

Minister for Health and Ageing

1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 3).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on 1 February 2004.

3Amendment of Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2003

Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2003.

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Schedule 1, Part 2, sub-subparagraph 3 (3) (b) (iii) (B)

omit

notice.

insert

notice; or

[2]Schedule 1, Part 2, after paragraph 3 (3) (b)

insert

• (c)

  a medical practitioner who:

  • (i)

    is registered as a medical practitioner under the MedicarePlus for Other Medical Practitioners Program; and

  • (ii)

    is providing general medical services in accordance with that Program; and

  • (iii)

    is not vocationally registered under section 3F of the Act.

[3]Schedule 1, Part 2, paragraph 3 (4) (b)

omit

benefits.

insert

benefits; and

[4]Schedule 1, Part 2, after paragraph 3 (4) (b)

insert

• (c)

  the MedicarePlus for Other Medical Practitioners Program is a program administered by the Commission that, in relation to medical services provided in accordance with the Program, provides a particular level of medicare benefits.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2003 No. 255, as amended by 2003 No. 318

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette