Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation (Scales of Fees) Amendment Regulations 2001 (WA)

G 116 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 11 December 200 1

WORKCOVER

WC301*

Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981

Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation

(Scales of Fees) Amendment Regulations 2001

Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 415-6.]

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in section 176(1a).

1.            Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Workers' Compensation
and Rehabilitation (Scales of Fees) Amendment
Regulations 2001.

2.            The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Workers'
Compensation and Rehabilitation (Scales of Fees)
Regulations 1998*.
[* Published in Gazette 13 Oct 1998, p. 5709-25.

For amendments to 5 November 2001 see 2000 Index to

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3.            Regulation 6 amended

Regulation 6 is amended by deleting "$138.65" and inserting instead -

$146

4. Regulation 7A inserted
After regulation 7 the following regulation is inserted -

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7A. Scale of fees - osteopaths

Under section 176(la)(a)(viii) of the Act, the amount of $47 is prescribed as the fee to be paid to an osteopath for an osteopathic consultation with a worker suffering disabilities that are compensable under the Act.

[Note: "Osteopathy" was approved as an "approved treatment" under

section 5(1) of the Act in Gazette 29/9/2000. p. 5564.] ,,

5.            Schedule 5 replaced

Schedule 5 is deleted and the following Schedule is inserted instead -

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Schedule 5 - Scale of fees - speech therapists

[r. 7]

Type of service Fee

1.       Initial consultation/assessment (up to and

including 1 hour) $107

2.        Initial consultation/assessment (exceeding

1 hour) $138
3.	Subsequent consultation (<V2 hour) $46
4.	Subsequent consultation (V2 hour - 1 hour) $61

5. Subsequent consultation (>1 hour) $82

Recommended by the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Commission on the 28th day of August 2001.

The common seal of the	) )
Workers' Compensation and	) L.S.
)
Rehabilitation Commission	)

BRIAN BRADLEY.

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.