Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012 (WA)

Western Australia

Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984

Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012

This determination was repealed by the Health Services Act 2016 (No. 11 of 2016) s. 308(e) as at 1 Jul 2016 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 24 Jun 2016 p. 2291).

Western Australia

Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012 Contents

Western Australia

Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984

Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984

Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012

1.Citation

This determination is the Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012.

2.Commencement

This determination comes into operation as follows —

• (a)

  clauses 1 and 2 — on the day on which this determination is published in the Gazette;

• (b)

  the rest of the determination — on the day after that day.

3.Terms used

In this determination —

MBS amount, for a pathology service, means the amount of the fee specified in the item for that pathology service in the Medicare Benefits Schedule;

Medicare Benefits Schedule means the Medicare Benefits Schedule published by the Commonwealth, as that Schedule is in force on the day on which clause 4 comes into operation.

4.Charges payable for pathology services

The charge payable in respect of a pathology service specified in the Medicare Benefits Schedule is —

• (a)

  if the service is rendered to —

  • (i)

    a private in‑patient; or

  • (ii)

    a compensable in‑patient; or

  • (iii)

    a private nursing home type patient; or

  • (iv)

    an ineligible in‑patient; or

  • (v)

    a compensable day patient; or

  • (vi)

    an ineligible day patient; or

  • (vii)

    a compensable out‑patient; or

  • (viii)

    an ineligible out‑patient; or

  • (ix)

    a private same day patient; or

  • (x)

    a compensable same day patient; or

  • (xi)

    an ineligible same day patient,

the MBS amount for the service; or

• (b)

  if the service is rendered to a private pathology out‑patient — 85% of the MBS amount for the service.

Notes

1         This is a compilation of the Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012.   The following table contains information about that Determination 1a.

Compilation table

Citation	Gazettal	Commencement
Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012	16 Mar 2012 p. 1248‑9	cl. 1 and 2: 16 Mar 2012 (see cl. 2(a)); Determination other than cl. 1 and 2: 17 Mar 2012 (see cl. 2(b))
This determination was repealed by the Health Services Act 2016 (No. 11 of 2016) s. 308(e) as at 1 Jul 2016 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 24 Jun 2016 p. 2291)

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)

MBS amount..................................................................................................................... 3

Medicare Benefits Schedule.......................................................................................... 3