Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00800:front:0:p18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00800
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 46371–49449

provide treatment to an entitled person in order for the Commission to accept financial responsibility for that treatment.

    "Notes for Coordinated Veterans' Care Program Providers" means the document approved by the Commission, the Repatriation Commission, or a member of the Commission or Repatriation Commission, or by the Secretary to the Department, entitled "Notes for Coordinated Veterans' Care Program", and referred to in Schedule 1, that sets out the terms on which:

          (a) a general practitioner;
          (b) a practice nurse;
               (c) a community nurse (via a DVA‑contracted community nursing provider); and
               (d) an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care worker;

    is to provide treatment to an entitled person under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program in order for the Commission to accept financial responsibility for that treatment.

      "Notes for General Practitioners" means the document that:

          (a) is approved by the Commission or a member thereof, or by the Secretary to the Department, entitled "Notes for General Practitioners"; and

          (b) is referred to in Schedule 1; and

          (c) sets out the terms on which, and the conditions subject to which, a general practitioner is to provide treatment to an entitled person in order for the Commission to accept financial responsibility for that treatment, except those parts of the document that deal with the formation of a contractual relationship between a general practitioner and the Commission or the Department.

 "Notes for Providers" means a DVA document approved by the Secretary to the Department, or by the Repatriation Commission or the Commission, or a member of either Commission, with the word 'Notes' in its title, and referred to in Schedule 1, that sets out the terms on which, and the conditions subject to which, a health care provider is to provide treatment to an entitled person in order for the Commission to accept financial responsibility for that treatment.

       "optical dispenser", in the case of an individual, means a person who:

          (a) interprets optical prescriptions and fits and services optical appliances such as spectacle frames and lenses; and

          (b) holds a qualification that, in the opinion of the Commission, is appropriate for the skills needed to practise optical dispensing; and

           (c) is a member of a body established to supervise the occupation of optical dispenser; and

          (d) holds a provider number as an optometrist, ophthalmologist, orthoptist or optical dispenser.

       "optical dispenser", in the case of a company, means a company that:

       (a) holds an ABN (Australian Business Number);

       (b) carries on a business of optical dispensing;

          (c) employs or engages for the optical dispensing aspects of the business — an individual who is an optical dispenser.

"optical dispensing" means interpreting optical prescriptions and fitting and servicing optical appliances such as spectacle frames and lenses.