Health Insurance (Professional Services Review) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 199
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Dated 27 July 2006
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
TONY ABBOTT
Minister for Health and Ageing
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Health Insurance (Professional Services Review) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.
3 Amendment of Health Insurance (Professional Services Review) Regulations 1999
Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (Professional Services Review) Regulations 1999.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(regulation 3)
[1] Regulation 7, definition of professional attendance
substitute
professional attendance means a service of a kind mentioned in group A1, A2, A5, A6, A7, A9, A11, A13, A14, A15, A16, A17, A18, A19, A20, A21, A22 or A23 of Part 3 of the general medical services table.
[2] After regulation 11
insert
Part 4 Appropriate regulatory and other bodies for referral of professional issues
12 Appropriate body for non‑compliance with professional standards
(1) For paragraph 106XB (3) (a) of the Act, the appropriate body is a body specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1 that, in the State or Territory in which the general practitioner practises his or her practice:
(a) is responsible for registering or licensing general practitioners or for regulating the practice of the profession; and
(b) has the power to take action against the general practitioner in relation to the practitioner’s failure to comply with professional standards.
(2) For paragraph 106XB (3) (b) of the Act, the appropriate body is a body specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 2 that, in the State or Territory in which the practitioner (being a practitioner other than a general practitioner) practises his or her practice or specialty:
(a) is responsible for registering or licensing practitioners for practice in the profession or specialty to which the practitioner belongs or for regulating the practice of that profession or specialty; and
(b) has the power to take action against the practitioner in relation to the practitioner’s failure to comply with professional standards.
Schedule 1 Regulatory and other bodies to which non-compliance by general practitioner may be referred
(subregulation 12 (1))
Item
Body
1
New South Wales Medical Board
Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria
Medical Board of Queensland
Medical Board of Western Australia
Medical Board of South Australia
Medical Council of Tasmania
Medical Board of the Australian Capital Territory
Medical Board of the Northern Territory
2
General Practice Recognition Appeal Committee
General Practice Recognition Eligibility Committee
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
3
Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited
Quality Practice Accreditation Pty Ltd
Schedule 2 Regulatory and other bodies to which non-compliance by practitioner other than a general practitioner may be referred
(subregulation 12 (2))
Item
Body
1
New South Wales Medical Board
Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria
Medical Board of Queensland
Medical Board of Western Australia
Medical Board of South Australia
Medical Council of Tasmania
Medical Board of the Australian Capital Territory
Medical Board of the Northern Territory
2
Chiropractors Registration Board of New South Wales
Osteopaths Registration Board of New South Wales
Chiropractors Registration Board of Victoria
Osteopaths Registration Board of Victoria
Chiropractors Board of Queensland
Osteopaths Board of Queensland
Chiropractors Registration Board of Western Australia
Osteopaths Registration Board of Western Australia
Chiropractors Board of South Australia
Chiropractors and Osteopaths Registration Board of Tasmania
Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board of the Australian Capital Territory
Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board of the Northern Territory
3
Dental Board of New South Wales
Dental Practice Board of Victoria
Dental Board of Queensland
Dental Board of Western Australia
Dental Board of South Australia
Dental Board of Tasmania
Dental Board of the Australian Capital Territory
Dental Board of the Northern Territory
4
Optometrists Registration Board of New South Wales
Optometrists Registration Board of Victoria
Optometrists Board of Queensland
Optometrists Registration Board of Western Australia
Optometrists Board of South Australia
Optometrists Registration Board of Tasmania
Optometrists Board of the Australian Capital Territory
Optometrists Board of the Northern Territory
5
Physiotherapists Registration Board of New South Wales
Physiotherapists Registration Board of Victoria
Physiotherapists Board of Queensland
Physiotherapists Registration Board of Western Australia
Physiotherapists Board of South Australia
Physiotherapists Registration Board of Tasmania
Physiotherapists Board of the Australian Capital Territory
Physiotherapists Registration Board of the Northern Territory
6
Podiatrists Registration Board of New South Wales
Podiatrists Registration Board of Victoria
Podiatrists Board of Queensland
Podiatrists Registration Board of Western Australia
Podiatry Board of South Australia
Podiatrists Registration Board of Tasmania
Podiatrists Board of the Australian Capital Territory
7
Medicare Australia
Note
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