Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1) (Cth)

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Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 100

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 25 May 2005

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 (Pathology Services) Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3Amendment of Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Regulations

Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Regulations.

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]Regulation 1

substitute

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Regulations 1989.

[2]Subregulation 4 (2), at the foot

insert

Note A request in respect of a person who is a private hospital patient may also contain information about the person’s private health insurance — see subregulation (5A).

[3]After subregulation 4 (5)

insert

  1. (5A)

    A request for a service in respect of a person described in subparagraph (5) (c) (ii), (iii) or (iv) may include the following particulars for the purpose of a private health insurance claim in relation to the service, if the person consents to the inclusion of those particulars for that purpose:

    1. (a)

      the name of the private health insurance fund of which the person is a member;

    2. (b)

      the membership number or other unique identifier allocated to the person by the fund.

  2. (5B)

    Failure by a person to consent to the inclusion of the particulars mentioned in subregulation (5A) in a request for a service in respect of the person does not affect any entitlement the person may have to a medicare benefit, or a benefit payable by a private health insurance fund, in respect of the service.

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See

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