Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086:schedule:1:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 3/10)
Character Range: 20115–22976

family member of the patient.
 (2) For the members mentioned in paragraph (b):
 (a) each member must provide a different kind of care or service to the patient; and
 (b) each member must not be an unpaid carer of the patient; and
 (c) one member may be another medical practitioner.
Example: Other members may be allied health professionals, home and community service providers and care organisers, including the following:
(a) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners;
(b) asthma educators;
(c) audiologists;
(d) dental therapists;
(e) dentists;
(f) diabetes educators;
(g) dieticians;
(h) mental health workers;
(i) occupational therapists;
(j) optometrists;
(k) orthoptists;
(l) orthotists or prosthetists;
(m) pharmacists;
(n) physiotherapists;
(o) podiatrists;
(p) psychologists;
(q) registered nurses;
(r) social workers;
(s) speech pathologists;
(t) education providers;
(u) "meals on wheels" providers;
(v) personal care workers;
(w) probation officers.
 (3) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii), the items are items 820, 822, 823, 830, 832, 834, 2946, 2949, 2954, 2978, 2984, 2988, 3032, 3040, 3044, 3069 and 3074.

1.1.6  Meaning of single course of treatment
 (1) Use this clause for items 104 to 133, 385 to 388, 2801 to 2840, 3005 to 3028, 6007 to 6015, 6018, 6019, 6024, 6051, 6052, 6058, 6062, 6063, 16401, 16404, 16406, 51700 and 51703.
 (2) A single course of treatment for a patient:
 (a) includes:
 (i) the initial attendance on the patient by a specialist or consultant physician; and
 (ii) the continuing management or treatment up to and including the stage when the patient is referred back to the care of the referring practitioner; and
 (iii) any subsequent review of the patient's condition by the specialist or consultant physician that may be necessary, whether the review is initiated by the referring practitioner or by the specialist or consultant physician; but
 (b) does not include:
 (i) referral of the patient to the specialist or consultant physician; or
 (ii) an attendance (the later attendance) on the patient by the specialist or consultant physician, after the end of the period of validity of the last referral to have application under section 102 of the Health Insurance Regulations 2018 if:
 (A) the referring practitioner considers the later attendance necessary for the patient's condition to be reviewed; and
 (B) the patient was most recently attended by the specialist or consultant physician more than 9 months before the later attendance.
Note: Division 4 of Part 11 of the Health Insurance Regulations 2018 prescribes the manner in which patients are to be referred when an item in this Schedule specifies a service that is to be rendered by a specialist or consultant physician to a patient who has been referred.

1.1.7  Meaning of symbol (H)
  An item in this Schedule including