Hospitals (Services Charges) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1991 (WA)

22 February 1991] GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 875

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HOSPITALS ACT 1927

HOSPITALS (SERVICES CHARGES) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS (No. 2)

1991

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.
Citation

1.    These regulations may be cited as the Hospitals (Services Charges) Amend-

ment Regulations (No. 2) 1991.
Commencement

2.    These regulations shall come into operation on 1 March 1991.

Schedule repealed and a Schedule substituted
3. The Schedule to the Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984* is

repealed and the following Schedule is substituted-

" Schedule

(Regulations 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9)

CHARGES FOR SERVICES
Part 1—Inpatients

1. Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other serv- ices in hospital beds—

(a) for public inpatients	no charge
(b)	for private inpatients being-
(i) same day inpatients $118.00 per day
(ii) other private inpatients-- (I) in single bed wards (if taken at request of

patient) $220.00 per day

(II) in other wards $157.00 per day

(c) for nursing home type patients

$220.00 per day

(d)

for private nursing home type patients—

(0 receiving extensive nursing care	$78.15 per day
(ii) not receiving extensive care	$72.15 per day

(e) for ineligible inpatients-

accompanies sick mother) $15.00 per day

(i) Thaching Hospitals $375.00 per day

(ii) Hospitals other than Teaching Hospitals $265.00 per day

(0 for war service veteran inpatients-

(i) same day inpatients $115.00 per day

(ii) other inpatients $155.00 per day

2.	Home modifications service and supply or loan as appropri- ate, of such aids and appliances, orthoses and prostheses oxygen, gas and equipment, wigs, surgical implants or devices as are approved by the Executive Director (including repair and replacement)	no charge
3.	Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other serv- ices in nursing home beds for inpatients--

(a) receiving extensive nursing care	$59.55 per day
(b) not receiving extensive nursing care	$53.55 per day

4.	Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other serv- ices other than those referred to in items 1, 2 and 3 of this part	$20.05 per day
5.	Accommodation for persons accompanying patients (except when mother accompanies sick child for breast feeding or for medical well being of sick child or when breast fed child

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6. Supply of surgically implanted prosthesis to private inpatients, ineligible inpatients and war service veteran inpatients no charge

Part II—Day Patients

Accommodation, maintenance and other services—

(a) for eligible day patients	no charge
(b) for ineligible day patients	$64.00 per day

Part III—Outpatients

1. Outpatients service, except for drugs and medication and goods and services referred to respectively in items 2 and 3 of this Part—

(a) for eligible outpatients and war service veteran

outpatients no charge

(b) for ineligible outpatients-

(i) lbaching Hospitals	$64.00 for each individual serv-
ice rendered $45.00 for each individual serv-
(ii) Hospital other than lbaching Hospitals

ice rendered

2. Drugs and medication—per calendar year—

(a)

for pensioners and concessional beneficiaries-

(i) for holders of an entitlement card	no charge
(ii) for others	$2.50 per item

(b)

for all other out-patients-

(i) for drugs and medication to which Part VII of the

National Health Act applies—

(A) for holders of an entitlement card	no charge
(B) for other persons	$13 per item

(ii) for other drugs and medication each item at cost

3. Goods and services for which a charge may be made in

accordance with any agreement under section 23F of the

Commonwealth Act to which the State is a party at cost
4.	"at cost" in relation to any goods or service means at the cost of providing

In items 2 and 3 of this Part— r Published in the Gazette on 27 January 1984 at pp. 231-234. For amend-

ments to 6 February 1991 see p. 273-74 of 1989 Index to Legislation of Western Australia and Gazettes of 12 April, 25 May, 21 June, 4 and 14 September 1990, and 25 January 19911

By His Excellency's Command,

D. G. BLIGHT, Clerk of the Council.