Statutory Rules 1990 No. 2501
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Health Insurance (Variation of Fees
and Medical Services) (No. 54) 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 25 July 1990.
BILL HAYDEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency's Command,
B. HOWE
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. 54)
Regulations.
Commencement
2. These Regulations commence on 1
August 1990.
Amendment of the Schedule to the
Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 51) Regulations
3.
The Schedule to the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services)
(No. 51) Regulations is amended by omitting from the table of medical services
items 3, 4, 14, 23, 24, 26, 36, 37, 39, 44, 47 and 49 and substituting the
following items:
"3 | Professional attendance at
consulting rooms (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this
Part) by a vocationally registered general practitioner for an obvious problem
characterised by the straightforward nature of the task that requires a short
patient history and, if required, limited examination and management—each
attendance....
| 10.20 | 10.20 | 10.20 | 10.20 | 10.20 | 10.20 |
4 | Professional attendance, other
than an attendance covered by any other item in this Part and not being: (a) an attendance at consulting
rooms, a hospital or a nursing home; or (b) an attendance that is one of 2
or more attendances on the one occasion at an institution;
by a vocationally registered general practitioner for an
obvious problem characterised by the straightforward nature of the task that
requires a short patient history and, if required, limited examination and
management—each attendance....
| 25.50 | 25.50 | 25.50 | 25.50 | 25.50 | 25.50 |
14 | Professional attendance at an
institution (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)
by a vocationally registered general practitioner for an obvious problem characterised
by the straightforward
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nature of the task that requires a
short patient history and, if required, limited examination and management—an
attendance on each of 2 or more patients at the one institution on the one
occasion—each patient.
| 13.40 | 13.40 | 13.40 | 13.40 | 13.40 | 13.40 |
23 | Professional attendance at
consulting rooms (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)
by a vocationally registered general practitioner involving taking a
selective history, examination of the patient with implementation of a
management plan in relation to one or more problems, OR a professional
attendance of less than 20 minutes duration involving components of an
attendance of the type otherwise covered by Item 36 or 44—each attendance
| 21.50 | 21.50 | 21.50 | 21.50 | 21.50 | 21.50 |
24 | Professional attendance, other
than an attendance covered by any other item in this Part and not being: (a) an attendance at consulting
rooms, a hospital or a nursing home; or (b) an attendance that is one of 2
or more attendances on the one occasion at an institution;
by a vocationally registered general practitioner
involving taking a selective history, examination of the patient with implementation
of a management plan in relation to one or more problems, OR a professional
attendance of less than 20
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minutes
duration involving components of an attendance of the type otherwise covered
by Item 37 or 47—each attendance.......................................
| 36.50 | 36.50 | 36.50 | 36.50 | 36.50 | 36.50 |
26 | Professional
attendance at an institution (not being an attendance covered by any other
item in this Part) by a vocationally registered general practitioner
involving taking a selective history, examination of the patient with
implementation of a management plan in relation to one or more problems, OR a
professional attendance of less than 20 minutes duration involving components
of an attendance of the type otherwise covered by Item 39 or 49— an
attendance on each of 2 or more patients at the one institution on the one
occasion—each patient
| 21.50 | 21.50 | 21.50 | 21.50 | 21.50 | 21.50 |
36 | Professional
attendance at consulting rooms (not being an attendance covered by any other
item in this Part) by a vocationally registered general practitioner
involving taking a detailed history, an examination of multiple systems, arranging
any necessary investigations and implementing a management plan in relation
to one or more problems, and lasting at least 20 minutes, OR a professional
attendance of less than 40 minutes duration involving components of an
attendance of the type otherwise covered by Item 44—each attendance.....................
| 39.00 | 39.00 | 39.00 | 39.00 | 39.00 | 39.00 |
37 | Professional attendance, other
than an attendance covered by any other item in this Part and not being: (a) an attendance at consulting rooms,
a hospital or a nursing home; or (b) an attendance that is one of 2
or more attendances on the one occasion at an institution;
by a
vocationally registered general practitioner involving taking a detailed
history, an examination of multiple systems, arranging any necessary
investigations and implementing a management plan in relation to one or more
problems, and lasting at least 20 minutes, OR a professional attendance of
less than 40 minutes duration involving components of an attendance of the
type otherwise covered by Item 47—each attendance...........
| 54.00 | 54.00 | 54.00 | 54.00 | 54.00 | 54.00 |
39 | Professional attendance at an
institution (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)
by a vocationally registered general practitioner involving taking a detailed
history, an examination of multiple systems, arranging any necessary
investigations and implementing a management plan in relation to one or more
problems, and lasting at least 20 minutes, OR a professional attendance of
less than 40 minutes duration involving components of an attendance of the
type otherwise covered by Item 49—
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an
attendance on each of 2 or more patients at the one institution on the one
occasion—each patient
| 39.00 | 39.00 | 39.00 | 39.00 | 39.00 | 39.00 |
44 | Professional
attendance at consulting rooms (not being an attendance covered by any other
item in this Part) by a vocationally registered general practitioner
involving taking an exhaustive history, a comprehensive examination of
multiple systems, arranging any necessary investigations and implementing a
management plan in relation to one or more complex problems, and lasting at
least 40 minutes, OR a professional attendance of at least 40 minutes duration
for implementation of a management plan—each attendance...................
| 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 |
47 | Professional
attendance, other than an attendance covered by any other item in this Part
and not being: (a) an attendance
at consulting rooms, a hospital or a nursing home: or (b) an attendance
that is one of two or more attendances on the one occasion at an institution;
by a
vocationally registered general practitioner involving taking an exhaustive
history, a comprehensive examination of multiple systems, arranging any
necessary investigations and implementing a management plan in relation to
one or more complex problems, and lasting at least 40 minutes, OR a
professional
|
attendance
of at least 40 minutes duration for implementation of a management plan—each attendance..............................
| 72.00 | 72.00 | 72.00 | 72.00 | 72.00 | 72.00 |
49 | Professional attendance at an
institution (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)
by a vocationally registered general practitioner involving taking an
exhaustive history, a comprehensive examination of multiple systems,
arranging any necessary investigations and implementing a management plan in
relation to one or more complex problems, and lasting at least 40 minutes, OR
a professional attendance of at least 40 minutes duration for implementation
of a management plan—an attendance on each of 2 or more patients at the one
institution on the one occasion—each patient
| 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00". |
NOTE
1. Notified in
the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette