Statutory Rules 1987 No. 3091
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Health
Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 48) 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 21 December 1987.
N. M. STEPHEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency's Command,
NEAL BLEWETT
Minister of State for Community Services
and Health
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Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as
the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 48)
Regulations.
Amendments of the Schedule to the
Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 47) Regulations
2. The Schedule to the Health
Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 47) Regulations is
amended as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
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SCHEDULE Regulation 2
AMENDMENTS OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE
HEALTH INSURANCE (VARIATION OF FEES AND MEDICAL SERVICES) (NO. 47) REGULATIONS
1.
After rule 41 insert the following rule:
"42.
In Part 1, 'attendance of a minor nature' means an attendance by a consultant
physician on a person, being an attendance:
SCHEDULE—continued
(a)
that
is a second or subsequent attendance (in this rule referred to as the latter
attendance') in the course of a single course of treatment of that person by
that consultant physician where it is not necessary for the consultant
physician, in the course of the latter attendance, to carry out a physical
examination of the person; and
(b)
that
does not result in a substantial alteration to the treatment of that
person.".
2.
Omit from item 110 "118", substitute "119".
3. | Omit
items 116 and 118, substitute the following items: |
"116. Professional attendance
by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty (not being psychiatry)
where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—a second or subsequent
attendance (not covered by item 119) in a single course of treatment—each
attendance—where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing
home
| 43.50 | 43.50 | 43.50 | 43.50 | 43.50 | 43.50 |
"119. Professional attendance
by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty (not being
psychiatry) where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—a
second or subsequent attendance in a single course of treatment—each
attendance—where that attendance is an attendance of a minor nature and is at
consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home.....................................................................
| 25.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 25.00". |
4. | Omit from item 122
"130", substitute "131". |
5. | Omit items 128 and 130, substitute
the following items:
|
"128. Professional attendance
by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty (not being
psychiatry) where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—a
second or subsequent attendance (not covered by item 131) in a single course
of treatment—each attendance—where that attendance is at a place other than
consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home..........................................................
| 64.00 | 64.00 | 64.00 | 64.00 | 64.00 | 64.00 |
SCHEDULE—continued
"131.
Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his
specialty (not being psychiatry) where the patient is referred to him by a
medical practitioner—a second or subsequent attendance in a single course of
treatment—each attendance—where that attendance is an attendance of a minor
nature and is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing
home..........................................................
| 46.00 | 46.00 | 46.00 | 46.00 | 46.00 | 46.00". |
NOTE
1. Notified in
the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette