Hospitals (Services Charges for Compensable Patients) Determination (No. 2) 1992 (WA)

26 June 1992) GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2707

HE317 HOSPITALS ACT 1927

HOSPITALS (SERVICES CHARGES) REGULATIONS 1984

HOSPITALS (SERVICES CHARGES FOR COMPENSABLE PATIENTS)

DETERMINATION (NO. 2) 1992

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

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

Compensable Patients) Determination (No. 2) 1992.

Commencement

2.      This determination comes into operation on 1 July 1992.

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.

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

20 March 19921 Western Australia, pp. 380-1 and Gazettes of 31 January and For amendments to 15 June 1992 see 1991 Index to Legislation of

Charges payable in respect of
compensable patients

4. The charges payable in respect of services rendered by, in or at a hospital in respect of compensable in-patients, compensable day patients and compensable out-patients are those specified in the Schedule to this determination.

Revocation

5.      The Hospitals (Services Charges for Compensable Patients) Determination

1992* is revoked.

home bed ... ... $142 per day

[* Published in the Gazette of 24 December 1991 at pp. 6429-301

SCHEDULE

[Clause 4]

SERVICES CHARGES FOR COMPENSABLE PATIENTS

PART 1— COMPENSABLE EN-PATIENTS

1.       In teaching hospitals, accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other services in a hospital bed —

including medical services	...	$569 per day
excluding medical services	...	$453 per day

2.       In other hospitals, accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other services in a hospital bed —

including medical services	...	$436 per day
excluding medical services	...	$320 per day

3.       In nursing homes, accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other services in a nursing

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PART 2— COMPENSABLE DAY PATIENTS

Accommodation, maintenance and other services $78 per day

PART 3— COMPENSABLE OUT-PATIENTS

1.       In teaching hospitals —

(a) for pathological service —

for each request to a separate

department of a laboratory ... $78

(b) for radiological service —

for each item of service ... ... $78

(c) and medications — subject to sub-item (d), for drugs

for each item . .. $13

(d)	for each other individual service (with any drugs and medications supplied at the time of the initial service being treated as included in
that service) $78

2.       In other hospitals —

(a)

and medications — subject to sub-item (b), for drugs

for each item ... $13

(b) for each other individual service

(with any drugs and medications

supplied at the time of the initial
service being treated as included in

that service) . .. $55