Hospitals (Services Charges) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2004 (WA)

29 June 2004 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2525

HE301*

Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927

These regulations come into operation on 1 July 2004.

Hospitals (Services Charges) Amendment

Regulations (No. 3) 2004

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Hospitals (Services
Charges) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2004.

2.            Commencement

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3.            The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Hospitals
(Services Charges) Regulations 1984*.

[* Reprinted as at 7 December 2001.

For amendments to 31 May 2004 see Western Australian

Legislation Information Tables for 2003, Table 4, p.	184-5,
and Gazette 13 February and 4 May 2004.]

4.            Regulation 5 amended

Regulation 5(1) and (2) are amended by deleting "the Schedule" in each place where it occurs and inserting instead -

Schedule 1

5.            Regulation 7 amended

Regulation 7(1) is amended by deleting "Part I of the Schedule" and inserting instead -

Schedule 1 Division 1 ".

6.            Regulation 8 amended

Regulation 8 is amended by deleting "Part II of the Schedule" and inserting instead -

" Schedule 1 Division 2 ".

7.            Regulation 9 amended

Regulation 9 is amended by deleting 'Part III of the Schedule" and inserting instead -

Schedule 1 Division 3 ".

8.            Regulation 9A amended

Regulation 9A(1) is amended by deleting "Part IV of the

Schedule" and inserting instead -

Schedule 1 Division 4 ".

9.            Schedule replaced

The Schedule is repealed and the following Schedule is inserted instead -

"

Schedule I Charges for services

[r. 5. 7. 8. 9 and 9A]

Division 1 - In-patients

1. Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and

other services other than in hospital beds subject to
a determination made under regulation 5(2) -
(a) for public in-patients ..............................no charge

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(b)	for private in-patients -
(i) in single bed wards (if taken at patient's

request) .......................................... $461 per day

(ii)   in other wards ................................... $255 per day

(c)	for nursing home type patients ..................... $33.90 per day
(d)	for private nursing home type patients ............ $1 14 per day
(e)	for ineligible in-patients ............................ $1 068 per day
(f)	for eligible war service veteran in-patients ........ no charge

2.     Home modifications service and supply or loan as appropriate, of such aids and appliances, orthotics and prostheses, oxygen, gas and equipment, wigs, surgical implants or devices as are approved by the

Executive Director (including repair and

replacement) ................................................ no charge

This item does not apply to -

(a)	surgically implanted prostheses subject to a determination made under regulation 5(2)(c); or
(b)	specialized orthoses or prostheses subject to a determination made under regulation 5(2)(e).

Division 2 - Day patients

3.     Accommodation, maintenance and other services for eligible day patients ...................................no charge

Division 3 - Out-patients

4.	Out-patients service, except for drugs and medication referred to in item 2 and any service subject to a determination made under regulation 5(2) -
(a) for eligible out-patients and war service veteran out-patients ................................. no charge
(b) for ineligible out-patients - for each

individual service rendered ........................ $116

5. Drugs and medication - per calendar year -

(a)

for pensioners and concessional
beneficiaries -

(i)	for holders of an entitlement card ............ no charge
(ii)	for others ......................................... $3.80 per item

(b) for war service veteran out-patients -

(i)     for holders of an entitlement card .............. no charge

(ii)

for holders of a personal treatment entitlement card ................................. $3.80 per item

(c)

for all other out-patients -

(i)	for holders of a concession card ............... $3.80 per item
(ii)	for other persons -

(I) at a participating hospital ................ PBS price up to
a maximum of
$23.70 per item

(II) otherwise ...................................$19 per item

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Division 4 — Same day patients

6. Same day treatment, other than a service subject to

any determination made under regulation 5

associated with the rendering of such treatment —

(a)	for public same day patients ........................no charge
(b)	for private same day patients ..................... $189 per day
(c)	for eligible war service veteran same day patients ................................................ no charge
(d)	for ineligible same day patients ....................$850 per day

Division 5 — Other services

7. Accommodation for persons accompanying patients

(except when parent accompanies sick child for
medical wellbeing of sick child or breastfeeding, or

when breastfed child accompanies sick mother) ...... $21.20 per day

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.