Hospital Insurance (Standard Hospital Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2002
HOSPITAL INSURANCE (STANDARD HOSPITAL BENEFIT)
AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2002

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BR 18/2002

HOSPITAL INSURANCE ACT 1970

1970 : 523

HOSPITAL INSURANCE (STANDARD HOSPITAL BENEFIT)
AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2002

The Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him
under section 40(1)(a) of the Hospital Insurance Act 1970, makes the
following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Hospital Insurance
(Standard Hospital Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2002 and shall
come into operation on 1 April 2002.

Amends regulation 2 of SR&O 13/1971
2 Regulation 2 of the Hospital Insurance (Standard Hospital
Benefit) Regulations 1971 is amended—

(a) by deleting the word "and" at the end of paragraph (xviii),
by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (xix) and
substituting the word ";"; and

(b) by inserting next after paragraph (xix) the following—

"(xx) magnetic resonance imaging;

(xxi) wound management centre;

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(xxii) stereotactic breast biopsy; and

(xxiii) interventional radiology.".

Amends regulation 3 of SR&O 13/1971
3 Regulation 3 of the Hospital Insurance (Standard Hospital
Benefit) Regulations 1971 is amended—

(a) by deleting paragraph (xii) and substituting the following


"(xii) bone densitometry performed

(aa) at the general hospital; or

(bb) at such other facility, and at such rates,
as may be approved by the Commission;";

(b) by deleting the word "and" at the end of paragraph (xii),
by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (xiii) and
substituting the word ";"; and

(c) by inserting next after paragraph (xiii) the following—

"(xiv) diagnostic imaging services provided by a
diagnostic facility

(aa) which is registered under section 163 of
the Public Health Act 1949;

(bb) which is approved by the Hospital
Insurance Commission; and

(cc) in respect of which the reimbursement
rates have been approved by that
Commission;

(xv) health care services provided in the home of a
patient who resides at home, where such
services, the person responsible for the provision
of such services, and the rates chargeable in
respect of such services, are approved by the
Commission;

(xvi) magnetic resonance imaging;

(xvii) wound management centre;

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(xviii) stereotactic breast biopsy; and

(xix) interventional radiology.".

Made this 18 day of March 2002

Minister of Finance