Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01399:clause:3_13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01399
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 13
Character Range: 65471–66459

13  After subsection 23DZC(1)
Insert:

 (1A) The Minister may revoke a remote area exemption that has been granted to a practitioner under section 23DXA if the Minister is satisfied that:
 (a) the premises in relation to which the exemption has been granted are situated in an area that is no longer a remote area for the purposes of this Division; or
 (b) the facilities for rendering diagnostic imaging services in that area (including facilities provided by practitioners visiting the area regularly and facilities provided by practitioners to whom a remote area exemption has been granted under section 23DX) are no longer such that patients in the area would suffer physical or financial hardship if the exemption were revoked; or
 (c) where a Medicare Participation Review Committee has advised the Minister under subsection 124FF(6) that the remote area exemption should be revoked—the remote area exemption should be revoked for the reasons given by the Committee in its advice.