Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744:reg:18:p14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 18 (pt 14/47)
Character Range: 209249–212406

may accept financial responsibility for hydrotherapy treatment that does not include recreational water exercises or recreational swimming.
     7.6 Podiatry
7.6.1 Subject to paragraph 7.6.6, the Commission will accept financial responsibility for podiatry treatment where a general practitioner or medical specialist refers an entitled person to a registered podiatrist who has a provider number for an episode of care.

7.6.2 Prior approval is required for podiatry treatment:

         (b) where those services are to be provided in a public hospital; or

       (c) involving providing an Electrodynographic Analysis and Report; or

       (d) involving delivering services valued at over $60 under the Miscellaneous Items listed in the Deed of Agreement between the Commission and the podiatrist.

7.6.3 The Commission will accept financial responsibility for surgical removal of the toenail plate (either partial or total) by a registered podiatrist who has a provider number, with or without sterilisation of the matrix, only if prior approval has been obtained.

7.6.5 The Commission will accept financial responsibility for footwear, and footwear repairs, only if the footwear is:

 (a) medical grade footwear;

         (b) prescribed by a registered podiatrist, or a medical specialist who is a rehabilitation specialist, orthopaedic surgeon or rheumatologist; and

 (c) provided by a supplier approved by the Commission.

7.6.6 Except where the Commission decides otherwise, financial responsibility will not be accepted for routine toenail cutting.
7.6A  Diabetes Educator services

7.6A.1 Subject to paragraph 7.6A.2 the Commission may accept financial responsibility for diabetes educator services provided to an entitled person with diabetes where:

        (a) a referer, being a general practitioner, medical specialist, discharge planner, a treating doctor in a hospital or another diabetes educator with a current referral, refers the entitled person to a diabetes educator for diabetes educator services; and

        (b) except where the referer is of the opinion that the entitled person suffers from chronic diabetes that needs ongoing treatment, twelve months has not elapsed from the date of the referral or, where an entitled person is referred by a diabetes educator to another diabetes educator, twelve months has not elapsed from the date of the original referral; and

    (c) the diabetes educator has a provider number.

7.6A.2 Prior approval is required for diabetes educator services where those services are to be provided to an entitled person in a public hospital.

     7.7 Chiropractic and osteopathic services
7.7.1 The Commission will accept financial responsibility for chiropractic or osteopathic services where a general practitioner or medical specialist refers an entitled person to a registered chiropractor or osteopath who has a provider number.
7.7.2 The Commission will only accept financial responsibility for chiropractic and osteopathic services involving treatment of the musculo‑skeletal system. No other treatment will be accepted.

7.7.3 The Commission will only accept financial responsibility for