Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01105:reg:7:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01105
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 17523–19634

29 of Group A40 applies; or
 (c) a service to which item 91900, 91903, 91906, 91910, 91913 or 91916 applies; or
 (d) a service to which item 91790, 91800, 91801, 91802, 91920, 92115 or 91853 applies if:
 (i) the service is provided under the Commonwealth Urgent Care Clinic Program by a general practitioner engaged to provide services at an eligible urgent care clinic; and
 (ii) the service is provided during the hours of operation of the eligible urgent care clinic under the Commonwealth Urgent Care Clinic Program; and
 (iii) at the time the service is provided, a general practitioner or participating nurse practitioner is not in attendance at the eligible urgent care clinic to provide the service in person.
 (7) For the purpose of subsection (5):
patient's usual medical practitioner means a medical practitioner (other than a specialist or consultant physician) who:
 (a) has provided at least one service to the patient in the past 12 months; or
 (b) is located at a medical practice at which at least one service to the patient was provided, or arranged by, in the past 12 months.
For the purpose of this subsection, service means a personal attendance on the patient and excludes telehealth and phone attendances.
 (8) Subsection 2.31.7(2) of the general medical services table shall have effect as if a service to which an item in Subgroups 21 or 23 of Group A40 applies.
 (9) A service to which an item in Subgroup 17 of Group A40 or item 92434 applies must not be provided to a person if a service under any of the following items has previously been provided to the person:
 (a) an item in Subgroup 17 of Group A40; or
 (b) item 92434; or
 (c) items 135, 137, 139 or 289 of the general medical services table.
 (10) An item in Subgroup 5 or Subgroup 10 of Group M18 applies to a service only if the nurse practitioner:
 (a) is not employed by the proprietor of a hospital that is not a private hospital; or
 (b) both:
 (i) is employed by the proprietor of a hospital that is not a private hospital; and
 (ii) provides the service otherwise than in the course of employment by that proprietor.