Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086:clause:1_715:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 715 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 272478–275310

715                           Professional attendance by a general practitioner (other than a specialist or consultant physician) at consulting rooms or in another place other than a hospital or residential aged care facility, for a health assessment of a patient who is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent—not more than once in a 9 month period  220.85

Division 2.16—Group A15 and Subgroup 6 of Group A7: GP management plans, team care arrangements and multidisciplinary care plans and case conferences
Note: Items in Subgroup 6 of Group A7 are set out in Division 2.10.

Subdivision A—General

2.16.1  Restrictions on items 729 to 866 and items 229 to 240—services by certain medical practitioners
 (1) Items 729 to 866 and items 229 to 240 apply only to a service provided by:
 (a) a medical practitioner (other than a medical practitioner employed by the proprietor of a hospital that is not a private hospital); or
 (b) a medical practitioner who:
 (i) is employed by the proprietor of a hospital that is not a private hospital; and
 (ii) provides the service otherwise than in the course of employment by that proprietor.
 (2) Paragraph (1)(b) applies whether or not another person provides essential assistance to the medical practitioner in accordance with accepted medical practice.

Subdivision B—Subgroup 1 of Group A15 and Subgroup 6 of Group A7

2.16.2  Meaning of associated general practitioner
 (1) In item 732:
associated general practitioner means a general practitioner who, if not engaged in the same general practice as the general practitioner mentioned in the item, performs the service described in the item at the request of the patient (or the patient's guardian).
 (2) In item 233:
associated medical practitioner means a medical practitioner who, if not engaged in the same general practice as the prescribed medical practitioner mentioned in the item, performs the service described in the item at the request of the patient (or the patient's guardian).

2.16.3  Meaning of contribute to a multidisciplinary care plan
  In items 729, 731, 231 and 232:
contribute to a multidisciplinary care plan, for a patient, includes the following:
 (a) preparing part of a multidisciplinary care plan and adding a copy of that part of the plan to the patient's medical records;
 (b) preparing amendments to part of a multidisciplinary care plan and adding a copy of the amendments to the patient's medical records;
 (c) giving advice to a person who prepares part of a multidisciplinary care plan and recording in writing, on the patient's medical records, any advice provided to the person;
 (d) giving advice to a person who reviews part of a multidisciplinary care plan and recording in writing, on the patient's medical records, any advice provided to the person.

2.16.4  Meaning of coordinating