Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086:clause:1_75885:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 75885 (pt 2/5)
Character Range: 612674–615543

qualified sleep medicine practitioner
 (2) A person meets the conditions in this subclause if the person has been assessed by the RACP Credentialling Subcommittee or the RACP Appeal Committee as having had, before 1 March 1999, sufficient training and experience in the relevant field to be competent in:
 (a) independent clinical assessment and management of patients with respiratory sleep disorders; and
 (b) reporting sleep studies.
 (3) A person meets the conditions in this subclause if:
 (a) the person has been assessed by the RACP Credentialling Subcommittee or the RACP Appeal Committee as having had, before 1 March 1999, substantial training or experience in sleep medicine, but requiring further specified training or experience in the relevant field to be competent in:
 (i) independent clinical assessment and management of patients with respiratory sleep disorders; and
 (ii) reporting sleep studies; and
 (b) either:
 (i) the person has been assessed by the RACP Credentialling Subcommittee as having satisfactorily finished the further specified training or gained the further specified experience; or
 (ii) where an assessment mentioned in paragraph (a) has been carried out, less than 2 years has passed since the assessment.
 (4) A person meets the conditions in this subclause if the person has attained Level I or Level II of the relevant training program after completing at least 12 months core training, including clinical practice in the relevant field and in reporting sleep studies.
 (5) A person meets the conditions in this subclause if the RACP Advisory Committee has recognised the person, in writing, as having training equivalent to the training mentioned in subclause (4).

4.1.3  Restriction on item 11801—service provided in association with other services
  Item 11801 does not apply to a service described in the item if the service is provided in association with a service described in item 11800, 11810, 11820, 11823, 11830 or 11833.

4.1.3A  Restriction on items 11704, 11705, 11716, 11717, 11723 and 11735—reports
 (1) Items 11704, 11705, 11716, 11717, 11723 and 11735 apply to a service only if:
 (a) the report required for the service complies with subclause (2); and
 (b) if the service was requested—a copy of the report is provided to the requesting practitioner.
 (2) The report must:
 (a) be in writing; and
 (b) be prepared by a specialist or consultant physician; and
 (c) include an interpretation of the trace, including the indicators for the investigation; and
 (d) include comments on the significance of:
 (i) the trace findings; and
 (ii) the relationship of the trace findings to clinical decision making for the patient in the clinical context; and
 (e) if appropriate—include a copy of the trace and any measurements taken or automatically generated; and
 (f) for item 11705—be a report of a trace from a