Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00183:clause:1_73812:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00183
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 73812 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 409690–412685

73812                                  Quantitation of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) performed in the management of established diabetes, if performed:                                                                                                                                              11.80
                                       (a) as a point‑of‑care test; and
                                       (b) by or on behalf of a medical practitioner who works in a general practice that is accredited to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Standards for point‑of care testing under the National General Practice Accreditation Scheme; and
                                       (c) using a method certified by the National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program (NGSP), if the instrumentation used has a total coefficient variation less than 3.0% at 48 mmol/mol (6.5%)
                                       Applicable not more than 3 times per 12 months per patient

Division 2.10—Group P10: patient episode initiation

2.10.1  Restrictions on items in Group P10—circumstances

Services rendered to out‑patients or public patients of recognised hospitals
 (1) If a service described in an item in Group P10 is rendered by, or on behalf of, an approved pathology practitioner who is a recognised pathologist, the relevant item does not apply to the service if:
 (a) the service is rendered upon a request made in the course of an out‑patient service at a recognised hospital; or
 (b) the service is rendered to a public patient at a recognised hospital.

Services to which subsection 16A(7) of the Act applies
 (2) An item in Group P10 does not apply to a pathology service to which subsection 16A(7) of the Act applies.

Services to which items in Groups P1 to P8 do not also apply
 (3) An item in Group P10 does not apply to a pathology service unless at least one item in Groups P1 to P8 also applies to the service.

Services rendered in a single patient episode
 (4) Subject to subclause (5), if one item in Group P10 applies to a patient episode, no other item in Group P10 applies to the patient episode.
 (5) If, for the same patient episode:
 (a) services described in one or more items in Group P5 and one or more of Groups P1, P2, P3, P4, P6, P7 and P8 are rendered by an approved pathology practitioner in the laboratory of another approved pathology authority; or
 (b) services described in one or more items in Group P6 and one or more of Groups P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P7 and P8 are rendered by an approved pathology practitioner in the laboratory of another approved pathology authority;
the applicable item in Group P10 applies to both approved pathology practitioners.

Services for which more than one specimen is collected from a person
 (6) If more than one specimen is collected from a person on the same day for the rendering of pathology services:
 (a) in accordance with more than one request; and
 (b) in or by a single approved pathology authority;