Health Insurance Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1986 No. 201

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Health Insurance Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and pursuant to section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated 20 February 1986.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Neal Blewett

Minister of State for Health

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Principal Regulations

1. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Health Insurance Regulations.

2. The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 2ab the following regulations:

Declaration of organisations and qualifications—

sub-section 3d(1) of the Act

“2aba. (1) For the purposes of sub-section 3d (1) of the Act, the organisation specified in Column 2 of an item in Schedule 6 is declared to be a professional organisation in relation to a particular specialty specified in Column 3 of that item.

“(2) For the purposes of sub-section 3d (1) of the Act, the qualification specified in Column 4 of an item in Schedule 6 is declared to be a relevant qualification in relation to the organisation specified in Column 2 of that item.

(S.R. 375/85) Cat. No.  11/7.2. 1986

Prescribed fee—sub-section 3d (1) of the Act

“2abb. For the purposes of sub-section 3d (1) of the Act, the prescribed fee is $30.

Prescribed fee—sub-section 3e (2) of the Act

“2abc. For the purposes of sub-section 3e (2) of the Act, the prescribed fee is $30.”.

3. The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 9 the following regulation:

Prescribed fee—sub-section 61 (lA) of the Act

“9aa. For the purposes of sub-section 61 (1a) of the Act, the prescribed fee is $30.”.

4. The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 9a the following regulations:

Professional organisation—sub-section 124b (1) of the Act

“9ab. For the purposes of the definition of ‘professional organisation’ in sub-section 124b(1) of the Act, each of the following organisations or associations is declared to be a professional organisation:

(a) Australian Dental Association Incorporated;

(b) Australian Medical Association;

(c) Australian Optometrical Association.

Prescribed rate of interest—sub-section 129ac (2) of the Act

“9ac. For the purposes of sub-section 129ac (2) of the Act, the prescribed rate is 15 per cent per annum.”

Schedule 6

5. The Principal Regulations are amended by adding at the end the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE 6  Regulation 2aba

DECLARED PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION, SPECIALTY AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUB-SECTION 3d (1) OF THE ACT

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item No.	Organisation	Speciality	Qualification
1	Australian College of Rehabilitation Medicine	Rehabilitation Medicine	Fellowship (F.A.C.R.M.)
2	Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons	Anaesthetics Intensive Care	Fellowship (F.F.A.R.A.C.S.)

SCHEDULE 6—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item No.	Organisation	Speciality	Qualification
3	Royal Australasian College of Surgeons	Cardio-thoracic Surgery	Fellowship (F.R.A.C.S.)
General Surgery
Neurosurgery
Opthalmology
Orthopaedic Surgery
Otorhinolaryngology
Paediatric Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Urology
4	The Australasian College of Dermatologists	Dermatology	Fellowship (F.A.C.D.)
5	The Royal Australasian College of Physicians	General Medicine Cardiology	Fellowship (F.R.A.C.P.)
Clinical Haematology
Clinical Immunology (including Allergy)
Clinical Pharmacology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Geriatrics
Infectious Diseases
Intensive Care
Medical Oncology
Neurology
Nuclear Medicine
Paediatric Medicine
Renal Medicine
Rheumatology
Thoracic Medicine
6	The Royal Australasian College of Radiologists	Diagnostic Radiology Radiation Oncology	Fellowship (F.R.A.C.R.)
7	The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists	Psychiatry	Fellowship (F.R.A.N.Z.C.P.)
8	The Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Fellowship (F.R.A.C.O.G.)
9	The Royal Australian College of Opthalmologists	Opthalmology	Fellowship (F.R.A.C.O.)
10	The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia	General Pathology Anatomical Pathology	Fellowship (F.R.C.P.A.)
Clinical Chemistry
Cytopathology
Forensic Pathology
Haematology
Immunology
Microbiology

NOTES

 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 February 1986.

2. Statutory Rules 1975 No. 80 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1986 No. 19 and see also Statutory Rules 1986 No. 19.

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