Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013 (WA)

Western Australia

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

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013

Western Australia

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013

CONTENTS

• Citation

  1.                                                                                        1

• Commencement

  2.                                                                            1

• Application

  3.                                                                                   1

• Chargesforsurgicallyimplantedprostheses(r.5(2)(c))

  4.                   1

• Hospitals(ServicesChargesfortheSupplyofSurgicallyImplantedProstheses)Determination2006

  5.            revoked                                              1

Notes

• Compilationtable

  1

Defined terms

Western Australia

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

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013

1.Citation

This determination is the Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013.

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 on which the Hospitals (Services Charges) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2013 regulation 4 comes into operation.

3.Application

This determination applies —

• (a)

  to all public hospitals other than day hospitals, nursing homes and nursing posts; and

• (b)

  with respect to the following —

  • (i)

    private in‑patients;

  • (ii)

    compensable in‑patients;

  • (iii)

    ineligible in‑patients;

  • (iv)

    private same day patients;

  • (v)

    compensable same day patients;

  • (vi)

    ineligible same day patients.

  4.Charges for surgically implanted prostheses (r. 5(2)(c))

• (1)

  In this clause —

listed amount, in relation to a surgically implanted prosthesis, means the amount specified for that prosthesis in the Prostheses List in the column under the heading “Minimum Benefit”;

Prostheses List means the Schedule to the Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Rules 2012 (No. 2) (Commonwealth) as in force on the day on which the Hospitals (Services Charges) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2013 regulation 4 comes into operation.

• (2)

  The charge payable in respect of the supply of a surgically implanted prosthesis specified in the Prostheses List under the heading “CARDIO THORACIC” is 92.5% of the listed amount.

• (3)

  The charge payable in respect of the supply of a surgically implanted prosthesis specified in the Prostheses List under the heading “OPHTHALMIC” is 80% of the listed amount.

• (4)

  The charge payable in respect of the supply of a surgically implanted prosthesis not mentioned in subclause (2) or (3) but otherwise specified in the Prostheses List is the listed amount.

5.Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2006 revoked

The Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2006 is revoked.

Notes

1         This is a compilation of the Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013.   The following table contains information about that determination.

Compilation table

Citation	Gazettal	Commencement
Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013	2 Jul 2013 p. 2964-5	cl. 1 and 2: 2 Jul 2013 (see cl. 2(a)); Determination other than cl. 1 and 2: 3 Jul 2013 (see cl. 2(b) and Gazette 2 Jul 2013 p. 2963)

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)

listed amount................................................................................................................ 4(1)

Prostheses List............................................................................................................. 4(1)