Health Insurance Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 4411

 

Health Insurance Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE 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 12 December 1991

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

B HOWE

Minister of State for Health, Housing and Community Services

 

1. Commencement

1.1 These Regulations commence on 1 February 1992.

2. Amendment

2.1 The Health Insurance Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

 

3. Regulation 2 (Interpretation)

3.1 Before the definition of “provider number”, insert:

“ ‘identification number’, in relation to a licensed collection centre, means the identification number allocated to the centre under section 23dnf of the Act;

‘licensed collection centre’ has the same meaning as in Part IIa of the Act;

‘patient episode’ means a pathology service, or pathology services whether listed in 1 or more items in the Pathology Services Table, for a single patient whose need for which was determined under subsection 16a (1) of the Act on the same day, whether rendered by 1 or more approved pathology practitioners on 1 or more days;”.

4 Regulation 2ada (Particulars to be recorded on accounts, receipts and bulk billing agreement)

4.1 After subregulation 2ada (3), insert:

“(3a) For the purposes of subsection 19 (6) of the Act, if the pathology service rendered is initiation of a patient episode by the collection of a specimen at a licensed collection centre, the identification number of the centre is a particular to be recorded.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 December 1991.

2. Statutory Rules 1975 No. 80 as amended by 1975 Nos. 118, 125 and 135 (commenced 3 July 1975; disallowed 4 September 1975); 1976 Nos. 202, 214 and 215; 1977 Nos. 26 and 44; 1978 Nos. 95 and 177; 1979 No. 230; 1981 Nos. 198 and 317; 1982 Nos. 157, 251 and 287; 1983 Nos. 106, 231, 253 and 255; 1984 Nos. 5 and 162; 1985 Nos. 36, 50, 95, 205 and 290 (commenced 7 November 1985; disallowed 15 April 1986); 1986 Nos. 19, 20, 87 and 326; 1987 Nos. 32,163 and 166; 1988 No. 314; 1989 Nos. 6, 54, 117 and 293; 1990 No. 25; 1991 Nos. 82, 314 and 365