Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 166
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Dated 12 July 2012
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General
By Her Excellency’s Command
TANYA PLIBERSEK
Minister for Health
1              Name of regulation
                This regulation is the Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).
2              Commencement
                This regulation commences on 1 August 2012.
3              Amendment of Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Regulations 1989
                Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Regulations 1989.
Schedule 1        Amendments
(section 3)
 
[1]           Subregulation 4 (2), except the note
substitute
         (2)   For paragraph 16A (4) (b) of the Act, a request must, subject to subregulation (9), contain the particulars required by subregulations (3), (5), (6) and (8).
[2]           Subregulation 4 (4)
omit
[3]           Paragraph 4 (6) (c)
omit
patient;
insert
patient.
[4]           Paragraph 4 (6) (d)
omit
[5]           Subregulations 4 (6A) to (8)
substitute
         (7)   Subregulations (8) and (9) apply if:
                (a)    a treating practitioner makes a request (the first request) for a service that is received by an approved pathology practitioner (the referring pathologist); and
               (b)    the referring pathologist makes a request (the further request) for the service to an approved pathology authority or another approved pathology practitioner.
         (8)   The further request must include the treating practitioner’s name, relevant address and provider number mentioned in the first request.
         (9)   The further request need not comply with subregulations (5), (6) and (8) if:
                (a)    the further request relates only to the service to which the first request relates; and
               (b)    the first request is attached to the further request.
Note
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