Hospitals (Service Charges for the supply of Surgically Implanted Prosthesis) Determination 1994 (WA)

24 June 1994]	GOVERNMENT GAZEllE, WA	2879
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HOSPITALS ACT 1927

HOSPITALS (SERVICES CHARGES) REGULATIONS 1984

HOSPITALS (SERVICES CHARGES FOR THE SUPPLY OF
SURGICALLY IMPLANTED PROSTHESES) DETERMINATION 1994

Made by the Minister for Health under section 37 (3) (af) of the Act and regulation 5 (2).

Citation

1. This determination may be cited as the Hospitals (Services Charges for

hospitals, nursing homes and nursing posts.

the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 1994.

Commencement

2. This determination comes into operation on 1 July 1994.

Interpretation

3. Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or phrase to which a meaning is attributed by, or by virtue of its use in the Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984* has the same meaning when it is used in this determination.

f* Published in Gazette of 27 January 1984 at pp. 231-4.

For amendments to 14 June 1994 see 1993 InelPr to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, pp. 136-7, and Gazette of 22 March 1994.]

Application

4. This determination applies to all public hospitals other than day

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Charges payable in respect of surgically implanted prostheses

5. (1) The charges specified in column B of the Schedule opposite the surgically implanted prostheses specified in Column A of the Schedule are payable in respect of the supply of those prostheses in a hospital referred to in Clause 4 in respect of —

(a) private in-patients;

(b) eligible war service veteran in-patients;

(c) compensable in-patients;

(d) ineligible in-patients;

(e) private same day patients;

(f) eligible war service veteran same day patients;

(g) compensable same day patients; and
(h) ineligible same day patients.

For the purposes of this clause "Schedule" means the Schedule to the determination made by the Minister for Health of the Commonwealth under section 4 (1) (dd) of the National Health Act 1953 of the Commonwealth.

(2)

Dated 14th June 1994.

P. G. FOSS, Minister for Health.