Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00800:reg:18:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00800
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 18 (pt 13/42)
Character Range: 186353–189315

residence in Australia; or

           (ii) despite the entitled person having reasonable access to a VVCS Centre, there is a special reason for the person requiring outreach program counselling; and

         (c) the outreach program counselling is provided to the entitled person by an outreach program counsellor pursuant to a referral from the Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service.

7.7A.4 For paragraph 7.1.1, prior approval for outreach program counselling is not required.

7.8 Other services
7.8.1 The Commission will not accept financial responsibility for certain services, including:

(a) herbalist services;

(b) homeopathy;

(c) iridology;

(d) massage that is not performed as part of authorised physiotherapy, chiropractic or osteopathy services; and

(e) naturopathy.

PART 9 — TREATMENT OF ENTITLED PERSONS AT HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS

9.1 Admission to a hospital or institution
9.1.1 Subject to these Principles, the Commission will accept financial responsibility for the provision of treatment to entitled persons at a hospital or an institution.

9.1.2 The Commission will not approve, or accept financial responsibility for, admission to a hospital or an institution if:

(b) the person could have been provided with suitable outpatient treatment; or

(c) the person could have been suitably cared for at home, with or without supporting community health care services, unless the admission would provide respite for a carer of an entitled person.

9.1.3 Notwithstanding other provisions of these Principles, the Commission will accept financial responsibility for the emergency admission to the nearest hospital of an entitled person for treatment if an office of the Department is notified on the first working day after the admission, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable if that admission is to a private hospital requiring prior approval as set out in Part 3 of these Principles.

9.1.4 Where hospital treatment of an entitled person has been arranged under these Principles, and the person's partner is an inpatient at another hospital within reasonable proximity, the Commission may arrange the admission or transfer of the person to the hospital at which the person's partner is an inpatient.

9.1.5 If such arrangements are made under paragraph 9.1.4, the Commission will accept financial responsibility for the hospital treatment of the entitled person.

9.1.6 The Commission will accept financial responsibility for the admission of an entitled person to a Tier 2 or Tier 3 hospital, as set out in Principle 2 of the MPPPs, only if prior approval for the admission is obtained.

9.1.7 When giving consideration of prior approval under paragraph 9.1.6, the Commission will have regard to the matters set out in paragraph 3.2.2 and in Principle 2 of the MPPPs.

9.1.8 Subject to this Part, the Commission will accept financial responsibility for inpatient treatment of an entitled person in a country