Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744:front:0:p26
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residential care according to the classification level determined under Part 2.4 of that Act, .

     "respite" means a rest, break or relief for a person's carer or a person caring for himself or herself, from the role of caring.

     "Respite Care" means the service under the Veterans' Home Care Program consisting of in‑home respite, residential care (28 day respite) or emergency short term home relief.

     Note: by virtue of Determination 4/2001 made under section 88A of the Act, "Respite Care" may be applied in respect of all conditions of a white‑card holder ‑ not just for war‑caused conditions.

    "respite care in an institution" means care provided as respite to a person in an institution.

     "revoked Treatment Principles" means the legislative instrument known as the Treatment Principles (2004 No. R8) made under section 90 of the Act.

    "Rural Enhancement Scheme" means the scheme established by the Commission under subsection 84(1) of the Act, in consultation with the Australian Medical Association Ltd, and which has the following features:

         (a) general practitioners who provide medical services (services) to entitled persons under the Rural Enhancement Scheme (Scheme) receive higher payments (as set out in the Principles) from the Department for those services than they would receive if the services were not provided under the Scheme;

         (b) the Scheme only applies to general practitioners who provide medical services to entitled persons at certain rural public hospitals (identified rural hospitals);

         (c) an identified rural hospital is a hospital at which a medical practitioner may provide a medical service (service) to the public and receive from the state or territory government that, respectively, administers the state or territory in which the hospital is located, an extra amount (extra amount) for that service.

         (d) the extra amount is an amount representing the difference between the amount the State or Territory actually pays the medical practitioner for the service and the fee for the service listed in the Medicare Benefits Schedule.

 Note: as at 1 January 2005 the Rural Enhancement Scheme only operated in NSW, Vic, SA and WA.

     "RPPPs" means the Repatriation Private Patient Principles determined by the Commission under section 90A of the Act.

    "short‑term restorative care" has the meaning it has in section 106A of the Subsidy Principles 2014.

    "speech pathologist", for the purposes of the Principles, is a person who:

         (a) has been trained to assess and treat people who have complex communication needs; and
         (b) has a provider number (i.e. "registered" with the Human ServicesDepartment); and
         (c) is not a disqualified health care provider in the terms mentioned in paragraph 7.1B of the Principles.

    Note: under paragraph 7.1B a disqualified health care provider is a person whose services would not, under section 19B of