MRCA Treatment Principles (Removal of Prior Approval Requirement for Optical Coherence Tomography) Instrument 2011 (Cth)

Australian Government

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

MRCA Treatment Principles (Removal of Prior Approval Requirement for Optical Coherence Tomography) Instrument 2011

Instrument No.M20/2011

I, Warren Snowdon, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, pursuant to subsection 286(3) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, approve this instrument made by the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission.

Dated this 23rd   day of June   2011

Warren Snowdon
WARREN SNOWDON

The Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, pursuant to subsection 286(2) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, varies the MRCA Treatment Principles (Instrument No.M21 of 2004) in accordance with the Schedule.

Dated this               20th               day of        May   2011

The Seal of the   )
Military Rehabilitation   )

and Compensation Commission                   )Seal

was affixed hereto in the   )

presence of:   )
Ian Campbell         Shane Carmody           Major General Mark Kelly AO DSC

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IAN CAMPBELL        SHANE CARMODY      MAJOR GENERAL MARK KELLY AO DSC

CHAIR   DEPUTY PRESIDENT   MEMBER

[1]     Name of Instrument

This instrument is the MRCA Treatment Principles (Removal of Prior Approval Requirement for Optical Coherence Tomography) Instrument 2011

[2]     Commencement

This instrument is taken to have commenced on 1 May 2011.

Schedule

1.      Paragraph 1.4.1 (definitions)

insert:

“Optical Coherence Tomography” means the treatment comprised of a non-contact, non-invasive high resolution

imaging technique that provides cross-sectional tomographic images of the ocular microstructure through the thickness of the retina.

2.      Paragraph 3.2.1(b)

after:

Schedule

insert:

except where otherwise stated.

3.      Paragraph 4.2.5

after paragraph 4.2.5, insert:

4.2.6  Optical Coherence Tomography

4.2.7 The Commission may accept financial responsibility for Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) provided to an entitled person by an Ophthalmologist for the assessment or management of retinal disease.

Note: While OCT remains an unlisted treatment it is subject to all the requirements for an unlisted treatment except prior approval.