Statutory Rules 1980 No. 3891
Health Insurance
(Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 18) Regulations
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of
the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive
Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance
Act 1973.
Dated 22 December 1980.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
MICHAEL MACKELLAR
Minister
of State for Health
Citation
1. These Regulations may be
cited as the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 18)
Regulations.
Commencement
2.These Regulations shall come into
operation on 1 January 1981.
Amendment of Schedule to Health
Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 17) Regulations
3.The Schedule to the Health Insurance
(Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 17) Regulations is amended as set
out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
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AMENDMENTS OF THE
SCHEDULE TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE (VARIATION OF FEES AND MEDICAL SERVICES) (NO.
17) REGULATIONS
Omit items 180, 182, 184 and 186,
substitute the following items:
“180 | Professional
attendance by a participating optometrist-an attendance that is the sole or
first attendance in a single course of attention that commenced on or after
the proclaimed date, being —
|
|
| 23.50 | 23.50 | 23.50 | 23.50 | 23.50 | 23.50 |
“182 | Professional attendance by a participating optometrist-an
attendance (not being an attendance covered by item 186) that is the second
attendance in a single course of attention in respect of which the first
attendance is covered by item 180
| 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 |
“184 | Professional attendance by a participating optometrist-an
attendance (not being an attendance covered by item 186) that is the third or
a subsequent attendance in a single course of attention of a patient, who, in
the professional opinion of the attending optometrist, has a need for that
attendance, being a course of attention in respect of which the first
attendance is covered by item 180
| 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 |
“186 | Professional attendance by a participating optometrist-all
attendances after the first, being those attendances regarded as a single
service, in a single course of attention involving the prescription and
fitting of contact lenses, being a course of attention in respect of which
the first attendance is covered by item 180
| 118.00 | 118.00 | 118.00 | 118.00 | 118.00 | 118.00 |
Note
1. Notified
in the Commonwealth of Australia
Gazette