Hospitals (Services Charges) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 1991 (WA)

3150   GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA [28 June 1991

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HOSPITALS ACT 1927

HOSPITALS (SERVICES CHARGES) AMENDMENT

REGULATIONS (No. 4) 1991

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.
Citation
1. These regulations may be cited as the Hospitals (Services Charges)
Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 1991.
Commencement

2.    These regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 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Schedule repealed and a Schedule substituted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repealed and the following Schedule is substituted—

(e)	ineligible inpatients-
(i) 'laching Hospitals $414.00 per day
(ii) Hospitals other than 'leaching Hospitals $293.00 per day

Schedule

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

CHARGES FOR SERVICES

Part 1—Inpatients

1. Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other services in hospital

beds—

(a) for public inpatients	no charge
(b)	for private inpatients being-
(i) same day inpatients $131.00 per day
(ii) other private inpatients— (I) in single bed wards (if taken at request

of patient)	$243.00 per day
(11) in other wards	$173.00 per day

(c) for nursing home type patients	$22.70 per day
(d)

for private nursing home type patients- (ii) not receiving extensive care $72.85 per day

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U) for war service veteran inpatients- (i) same day inpatients ....................................... $127.00 per day

(ii) other inpatients ............................................ $171.00 per day

2.    Home modifications service and supply or loan as appropriate, of such aids and appliances, orthoses and prostheses, oxygen, gas and eguipment, 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 services in nursing home beds for inpatients— (a) receiving extensive nursing care .......................... $60.25 per day (b) not receiving extensive nursing care .................... $54.25 per day
4.	Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other services other than those referred to in items 1, 2 and 3 of this Part ................................................................ $20.75 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 accompanies sick mother) ................. $16.00 per day

6.    Supply of surgically implanted prosthesis to private inpatients, ineligible inpatients and war service vet-

eran inpatient ............................................................ no charge

Part 11—Day Patients

Accommodation, maintenance and other services—

(a) for eligible day patients ........................................no charge

(b) for ineligible day patients ...................................$71.00 per day

Part 111—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) Teaching Hospitals .........................................$71.00 for each in- dividual service

rendered

(ii) Hospital other than Teaching Hospitals .......$50.00 for each in-	dividual service
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) of the National Health Act applies—

for drugs and medication to which Part VII (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. In items 2 and 3 of this Part—

"at cost" in relation to any goods or service means at the cost of providing

the goods or service as determined by the Minister. ".

[*Published in the Gazette on 27 January 1984 at pp. 231-4. For subsequent

amendments to 12 June 1991 see 1990 Index to Legislation of Western Australia,

pp. 283-4 and Gazettes 0122 February and 22 March 1991.1

By His Excellency's Command,

L. M. AULD, Clerk of the Council.