Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00195:reg:55
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00195
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 55
Character Range: 63902–66054

55  Pathology services—other particulars
 (1) This section applies to a professional service that is a pathology service.

Requested pathology services
 (2) If the service is rendered in accordance with subsections 16A(2) and (3) of the Act, the following particulars are prescribed:
 (a) the name of the treating practitioner who requested the service;
 (b) if the request was made at a place of practice of the treating practitioner:
 (i) the address of the place of practice; or
 (ii) if the treating practitioner has been allocated a provider number in respect of the place of practice—the provider number;
 (c) if the request was not made at such a place of practice:
 (i) the address of any place of practice of the treating practitioner; or
 (ii) the provider number of the treating practitioner in respect of any place of practice;
 (d) the date on which the treating practitioner determined that the service was necessary.

Pathologist‑determinable services
 (3) If the service is a pathologist‑determinable service that was determined to be necessary by the approved pathology practitioner by whom, or on whose behalf, the service was performed, a prescribed particular is an indication that the service was determined to be necessary by that approved pathology practitioner.

Services rendered by a member of a group of medical practitioners
 (4) If the service is rendered in the circumstances described in paragraph 16A(7)(b) of the Act, the following particulars are prescribed:
 (a) the name of the treating practitioner who requested the service;
 (b) the date on which the treating practitioner made the request.

Initiation of a patient episode by collection of a specimen
 (5) If the service is initiation of a patient episode by collection of a specimen, a prescribed particular is an identification of the collection point as follows:
 (a) for a collection made at an approved collection centre—the identification number of the centre;
 (b) for a collection made at a recognised hospital—the recognised hospital collection point identification number assigned by the Chief Executive Medicare;
 (c) for any other collection—"A01".