Statutory Rules 1980 No. 3891
Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 18) Regulations
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 22 December 1980.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
MICHAEL MACKELLAR
Minister of State for Health
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 18) Regulations.
Commencement
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1981.
Amendment of Schedule to Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 17) Regulations
3. The Schedule to the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 17) 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. 17) REGULATIONS
Omit items 180, 182, 184 and 186, substitute the following items:
“180 | Professional attendance by a participating optometrist-an attendance that is the sole or first attendance in a single course of attention that commenced on or after the proclaimed date, being — |
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| (a) the first or only course of attention of the patient by a participating optometrist since the proclaimed date; or |
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| (b) the second or a subsequent course of attention of the patient by a participating optometrist since the proclaimed date, being a course of attention commencing not earlier than 12 months after the commencement of the preceding course of attention | 23.50 | 23.50 | 23.50 | 23.50 | 23.50 | 23.50 |
“182 | Professional attendance by a participating optometrist-an attendance (not being an attendance covered by item 186) that is the second attendance in a single course of attention in respect of which the first attendance is covered by item 180 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 |
“184 | Professional attendance by a participating optometrist-an attendance (not being an attendance covered by item 186) that is the third or a subsequent attendance in a single course of attention of a patient, who, in the professional opinion of the attending optometrist, has a need for that attendance, being a course of attention in respect of which the first attendance is covered by item 180 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 |
“186 | Professional attendance by a participating optometrist-all attendances after the first, being those attendances regarded as a single service, in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses, being a course of attention in respect of which the first attendance is covered by item 180 | 118.00 | 118.00 | 118.00 | 118.00 | 118.00 | 118.00 |
Note
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 December 1980.