Statutory Rules
1980 No. 166
REGULATIONS UNDER THE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 19731
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Dated this eighteenth day of June 1980.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
MICHAEL MACKELLAR
Minister of State for Health
HEALTH INSURANCE (VARIATION OF FEES AND MEDICAL SERVICES) (No. 16) REGULATIONS
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 16) Regulations.
Commencement
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 1980.
Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 14) Regulations—amendment of Schedule
3. The Schedule to the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 14) Regulations (being that Schedule as amended by the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 15) Regulations) is amended as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
SCHEDULE Regulation 3
AMENDMENTS OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE (VARIATION OF FEES AND MEDICAL SERVICES (No. 14) REGULATIONS
AMENDMENTS OF THE RULES FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE TABLE OF MEDICAL SERVICES
Omit rules 29, 30 and 31, substitute the following rules:
“29. A reference in a column in an item referred to in a paragraph of this rule to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to the aggregate of the fee set out in that column in the item that relates to a radiographic examination of the kind referred to in the first-mentioned item and—
(a) in the case of item 2732—$11.00;
(b) in the case of item 2782—$11.80; or
(c) in the case of item 2798—$6.90,
and an amount equal to that aggregate shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.
“30. A reference in a column in an item referred to in a paragraph of this rule to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to the aggregate of the fee set out in that column in the item that relates to a course of radiotherapy treatment of the kind referred to in the first-mentioned item when given to one field only and—
(a) in the case of item 2863—$2.70 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields;
(b) in the case of item 2867 or 2877—$3.40 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields;
(c) in the case of item 2881—$3.90 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields;
(d) in the case of item 2889—$5.10 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields; or
(e) in the case of item 2893—$6.90 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields,
and an amount equal to that aggregate shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.
“31. A reference in a column in an item referred to in a paragraph of this rule to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to the aggregate of the fee set out in that column in the item that relates to treatment by a single dose of radiotherapy of the kind referred to in the first-mentioned item when given to one field only and—
(a) in the case of item 2871—$6.60 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields;
(b) in the case of item 2885—$8.60 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields; or
(c) in the case of item 2897—$11.80 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields,
and an amount equal to that aggregate shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.”.
SCHEDULE—continued
AMENDMENTS OF THE TABLE OF MEDICAL SERVICES
1. Omit items 140 and 142, substitute the following items:
“140 | Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of more than 45 minutes duration but not more than 75 minutes duration where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home | 59.00 | 55.00 | 55.00 | 55.00 | 55.00 | 55.00 |
“142 | Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of more than 75 minutes duration where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home | 73.00 | 69.00 | 69.00 | 69.00 | 69.00 | 69.00” |
2. Omit items 150 and 152, substitute the following items:
“150 | Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of more than 45 minutes duration but not more than 75 minutes duration where that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home | 71.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 |
SCHEDULE—continued
“152 | Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of more than 75 minutes duration where that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home | 86.00 | 82.00 | 82.00 | 82.00 | 82.00 | 82.00”. |
3. After item 790 insert the following item in Division 2:
“792 | Ultrasonic echography by simple linear array or mechanical sector real-time scanning, not associated with item 794, 797 or 913 with a maximum of two scans during any one pregnancy | 17.40 | 17.40 | 17.40 | 17.40 | 17.40 | 17.40”. |
4. Omit items 794 and 797, substitute the following items:
“794 | Ultrasonic echography, uni-dimensional, not associated with item 792, 797 or 913 | 30.50 | 30.50 | 30.50 | 30.50 | 30.50 | 30.50 |
“797 | Ultrasonic cross-sectional echography, bidimensional (excluding real-time scanning covered by item 792), not associated with item 792, 794 or 913 | 67.00 | 67.00 | 67.00 | 67.00 | 67.00 | 67.00”. |
5. Omit item 913, substitute the following item:
“913 | Echocardiography, not covered by item 792 | 44.00 | 44.00 | 44.00 | 44.00 | 44.00 | 44.00”. |
NOTE
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 June 1980.