Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156:section:128c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 128C
Character Range: 718605–719410

128C  Charging of fees for provision of public hospital services to public patients
 (1) A person mentioned in subsection (2) must not, in circumstances set out in the regulations:
 (a) charge a fee for the provision of a public hospital service; or
 (b) receive any payment or other consideration from anyone in respect of the provision of a public hospital service;
if the person knows that the person to whom the service is, or is to be, provided is, or intends to be, a public patient in the hospital.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note: For public hospital service see subsection 3(1).
 (2) The persons are as follows:
 (a) a medical practitioner;
 (b) a participating midwife;
 (c) a participating nurse practitioner;
 (d) a person acting on behalf of a person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).