Statutory Rules
1973 No. 158
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953-1973.*
I,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive
Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the National Health Act 1953-1973.
Dated this twenty-third day of August, 1973.
PAUL HASLUCK
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W. G. HAYDEN
Minister of State for
Social Security.
NATIONAL HEALTH (VARIATION OF BENEFITS) (No. 9) REGULATIONS
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the National
Health (Variation of Benefits) (No. 9) Regulations.
Commencement.
2. These Regulations shall come into
operation on 1st September, 1973.
Definition.
3. In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the National Health Act 1953-1973.
Variation of First Schedule to the Act.
4. The Act shall have effect as if the table in the
First Schedule to the Act were varied as set out in Schedule 1 to these
Regulations.
Variation of Second Schedule to the Act.
5. The Act shall have effect as if the table in the
Second Schedule to the Act were varied as set out in Schedule 2 to these
Regulations.
Variation of Third Schedule to the Act.
6. The Act shall have effect as if the table in the
Third Schedule to the Act were varied as set out in Schedule 3 to these
Regulations.
Variation of Fourth Schedule to the Act.
7. The Act shall have effect as if the table in the
Fourth Schedule to the Act were varied as set out in Schedule 4 to these
Regulations.
Variation of Fifth Schedule to the Act.
8. The Act shall have effect as if the table in the
Fifth Schedule to the Act were varied as set out in Schedule 5 to these
Regulations.
*
Notified in the Australian Government
Gazette on 24 August 1973.
Variation of Sixth Schedule to the Act.
9. The Act shall have effect as if the table in the
Sixth Schedule to the Act were varied as set out in Schedule 6 to these
Regulations.
Variation of Seventh Schedule to the Act.
10. The Act shall have effect as if the table in the
Seventh Schedule to the Act were varied as set out in Schedule 7 to these
Regulations.
SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 4
Variation of the
Table in the First Schedule to the Act
1. Omit items 5, 6, 9,11, 13, 15, 17, 18,
37, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 45.
2. Insert each of the following items in
the appropriate place in Part I of the table having regard to the number
specified in the first column:—
“ 7
| Professional
attendance (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this
Part)—each attendance at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home
| 1.45 ”
|
“ 8
| Professional attendance (not being an attendance
covered by any other item in this Part)—each attendance at a place other than
consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ............................................
| 2.35 ”
|
“ 16
| Professional attendance by a specialist in the
practice of his specialty where the patient is referred to him—an attendance
(other than a second or subsequent attendance in a single course of
treatment) where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing
home ...................................................................................
| 4.25 ”
|
“ 20
| Professional attendance by a specialist in the
practice of his specialty where the patient is referred to him—an attendance
(other than a second or subsequent attendance in a single course of
treatment) where that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms,
hospital or nursing home .......................................................
| 6.50 ”
|
“ 30
| Professional attendance by a specialist in the
practice of his specialty where the patient is referred to him—each
attendance that is a second or subsequent attendance in a single course of
treatment ..
| 2.00 ”
|
“ 32
| Professional attendance by a consultant physician
in the practice of his specialty where the patient is referred to him by a
medical practitioner—an attendance (other than a second or subsequent
attendance in a single course of treatment) where that attendance is at
consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ........................
| 8.00 ”
|
“ 34
| Professional
attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty where
the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance (other
than a second or subsequent attendance in a single course of treatment) where
that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or
nursing home
| 10.00 ”
|
“ 46
| Professional attendance by a consultant physician
in the practice of his specialty where the patient is referred to him by a
medical practitioner—each attendance that is a second or subsequent
attendance in a single course of treatment ..............................
| 3.25 ”
|
“ 48
| Prolonged professional attendance, for not less
than two hours but less than three hours, on a patient in a critical
condition arising from electric shock, drowning, caisson disease, tetanus,
respiratory or circulatory failure or involving resuscitation of the new
born, that requires constant attention to the exclusion of all other patients
| 8.50 ”
|
Schedule 1—continued
“ 50
| Prolonged professional attendance, for a period of
not less than three hours but less than four hours, in the circumstances
referred to in item 48 .................................................................................
| 13.00 ”
|
“ 52
| Prolonged professional attendance, for a period of
not less than four hours but less than five hours, in the circumstances
referred to in item 48 .................................................................................
| 17.00 ”
|
“ 54
| Prolonged professional attendance, for a period of
five hours or more, in the circumstances referred to in item 48 .............................
| 22.50 ”
|
“ 58
| Pre-operative examination of a patient in
preparation for the administration of an anaesthetic, being an examination
carried out at an attendance other than that at which the anaesthetic is
administered (G) ..................................................................
| 1.45 ”
|
“ 60
| Pre-operative examination of a patient in
preparation for the administration or an anaesthetic, being an examination
carried out at an attendance other than that at which the anaesthetic is
administered (S) ...................................................................
| 2.00 ”.
|
SCHEDULE
2 Regulation
5
Variations or the Table in the Second Schedule to the Act
1. Omit the
items relating to items 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 45.
2. Insert each
of the following items in the appropriate place in the table having regard to
the number specified in the first column:—
“ 7
| 2.15
| 0.80 ”
|
“ 8
| 2.45
| 1.20 ”
|
“ 16
| 5.35
| 2.50 ”
|
“ 20
| 8.10
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 30
| 2.60
| 1.50 ”
|
“ 32
| 11.00
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 34
| 14.50
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 46
| 4.65
| 1.50 ”
|
“ 48
| 10.50
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 50
| 16.00
| 4.00 ”
|
“ 52
| 21.50
| 5.00 ”
|
“ 54
| 27.50
| 5.00 ”
|
“ 58
| 2.15
| 0.80 ”
|
“ 60
| 2.00
| 1.50 ”.
|
SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 6
Variations of the
Table in the Third Schedule to the Act
1. Omit the items relating to items 5, 6,
9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 45.
2. Insert each of the following items in
the appropriate place in the table having regard to the number specified in the
first column:—
“ 7
| 1.75
| 0.80 ”
|
“ 8
| 2.25
| 1.20 ”
|
“ 16
| 5.25
| 1.50 ”
|
“ 20
| 8.00
| 2.00 ”
|
“ 30
| 3.10
| 1.00 ”
|
“ 32
| 9.80
| 2.00 ”
|
Schedule 3—continued
“ 34
| 12.30
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 46
| 4.05
| 1.00 ”
|
“ 48
| 10.50
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 50
| 16.00
| 4.00 ”
|
“ 52
| 21.50
| 5.00 ”
|
“ 54
| 27.50
| 5.00 ”
|
“ 58
| 1.75
| 0.80 ”
|
“ 60
| 2.20
| 0.80 ”.
|
SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 7
Variations of the
Table in the Fourth Schedule to the Act
1. Omit the items relating to items 5, 6,
9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 45.
2. Insert each of the following items in
the appropriate place in the table having regard to the number specified in the
first column:—
“ 7
| 1.65
| 0.80 ”
|
“ 8
| 2.35
| 1.20 ”
|
“ 16
| 5.25
| 1.50 ”
|
“ 20
| 8.00
| 2.00 ”
|
“ 30
| 2.50
| 1.00 ”
|
“ 32
| 9.80
| 2.00 ”
|
“ 34
| 12.30
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 46
| 4.05
| 1.00 ”
|
“ 48
| 10.50
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 50
| 16.00
| 4.00 ”
|
“ 52
| 21.50
| 5-00 ”
|
“ 54
| 27.50
| 5.00 ”
|
“ 58
| 1.65
| 0.80 ”
|
“ 60
| 2.50
| 1.00 ”.
|
SCHEDULE 5 Regulation 8
Variations of the
Table in the Fifth Schedule to the Act
1. Omit the items relating to items 5, 6,
9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 45.
2. Insert each of the following items in
the appropriate place in the table having regard to the number specified in the
first column:—
“ 7
| 1.55
| 0.80 ”
|
“ 8
| 2.25
| 1.20 ”
|
“ 16
| 5.25
| 1.50 ”
|
“ 20
| 8.00
| 2.00 ”
|
“ 30
| 2.50
| 1.00 ”
|
“ 32
| 9.80
| 2.00 ”
|
“ 34
| 12.30
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 46
| 4.05
| 1.00 ”
|
“ 48
| 10.50
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 50
| 16.00
| 4.00 ”
|
Schedule 5—continued
“ 52
| 21.50
| 5.00 ”
|
“ 54
| 27.50
| 5.00 ”
|
“ 58
| 1.55
| 0.80 ”
|
“ 60
| 2.20
| 0.80 ”.
|
SCHEDULE
6 Regulation
9
Variations of the
Table in the Sixth Schedule to the Act
1. Omit the items relating to items 5, 6,
9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 45.
2. Insert each of the following items in
the appropriate place in the table having regard to the number specified in the
first column:—
“ 7
| 1.65
| 0.80 ”
|
“ 8
| 2.35
| 1.20 ”
|
“ 16
| 4.15
| 1.00 ”
|
“ 20
| 6.90
| 1.50 ”
|
“ 30
| 2.50
| 1.00 ”
|
“ 32
| 9.80
| 2.00 ”
|
“ 34
| 12.30
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 46
| 4.05
| 1.00 ”
|
“ 48
| 10.50
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 50
| 16.00
| 4.00 ”
|
“ 52
| 21.50
| 5.00 ”
|
“ 54
| 27.50
| 5.00 ”
|
“ 58
| 1.65
| 0.80 ”
|
“ 60
| 2.50
| 1.00 ”.
|
SCHEDULE 7 Regulation 10
Variations of the
Table in the Seventh Schedule to the Act
1. Omit the items relating to items 5, 6,
9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 45.
2. Insert each of the following items in
the appropriate place in the table having regard to the number specified in the
first column:—
“ 7
| 1.75
| 0.80 ”
|
“ 8
| 1.85
| 1.20 ”
|
“ 16
| 3.55
| 1.00 ”
|
“ 20
| 6.30
| 1.50 ”
|
“ 30
| 2.50
| 1.00 ”
|
“ 32
| 6.50
| 2.00 ”
|
“ 34
| 9.00
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 46
| 2.95
| 1.00 ”
|
“ 48
| 10.50
| 3.00 ”
|
“ 50
| 16.00
| 4.00 ”
|
“ 52
| 21.50
| 5.00 ”
|
“ 54
| 27.50
| 5.00 ”
|
“ 58
| 1.75
| 0.80 ”
|
“ 60
| 1.60
| 0.80 ”.
|