Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 25) Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1982 No. 1911

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Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 25) 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 3 August 1982.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. J. CARLTON

Minister of State for Health

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Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 25) Regulations.

Amendment of Schedule to Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 22) Regulations

2. The Schedule to the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 22) Regulations (being that Schedule as amended by the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 23) Regulations and the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 24) Regulations) is amended by omitting sub-rules 42 (2) and (3) and substituting the following sub-rules:

“(2) For the purposes of sub-rule (1) and Division 2 of Part 12, a person shall be taken to be a recognized orthodontist if the person is an accredited dental practitioner and—

(a) the person is registered or licensed under a relevant law; or

(b) in the case of a person who is not so registered or licensed—the person, by means of his qualifications or experience, demonstrates to the Committee his competence in the field of orthodontics applicable to the rendering of the services specified in Division 1 of Part 12.

“(3) In sub-rule (2)-

‘Committee’ means the Medical Benefits (Dental Practitioners) Advisory Committee established under section 136 of the National Health Act 1953;

‘relevant law’ means a law of the State or Territory in which the service is rendered that provides for the registration or licensing of dental practitioners or dentists as orthodontists.”.

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NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette