Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086:clause:1_417:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 417 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 231315–234875

417                                                                           Professional attendance by a public health physician in the practice of the public health physician's specialty of public health medicine at other than consulting rooms, lasting at least 40 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:                                                                                         Amount under clause 2.1.1
                                                                              (a) taking an extensive patient history;
                                                                              (b) performing a clinical examination;
                                                                              (c) arranging any necessary investigation;
                                                                              (d) implementing a management plan;
                                                                              (e) providing appropriate preventive health care;
                                                                              for one or more health‑related issues, with appropriate documentation

Division 2.14—Group A11: Urgent attendances after—hours

2.14.1  Meaning of patient's medical condition requires urgent assessment
 (1) A patient's medical condition requires urgent assessment if:
 (a) medical opinion is to the effect that the patient's medical condition requires assessment within the unbroken after‑hours period in which the attendance mentioned in the item was requested; and
 (b) assessment could not be delayed until the start of the next in‑hours period.
 (2) For the purposes of subclause (1), medical opinion is to a particular effect if:
 (a) the attending practitioner is of that opinion; and
 (b) in the circumstances that existed and on the information available when the opinion was formed, that opinion would be acceptable to the general body of medical practitioners.

2.14.2  Restrictions on items in Group A11
 (1) Items 585 to 600 do not apply to a service provided by a medical practitioner if:
 (a) the service is provided at consulting rooms; and
 (b) the practitioner:
 (i) routinely provides services to patients in after‑hours periods at consulting rooms; or
 (ii) provides the service (as a contractor, employee, member or otherwise) for a general practice or clinic that routinely provides services to patients in after‑hours periods at consulting rooms.
 (2) Items 585 to 600 do not apply to a professional attendance requested by:
 (a) the attending medical practitioner; or
 (b) an employee of the attending medical practitioner; or
 (c) a person contracted by, or an employee or member of, the general practice of which the attending medical practitioner is a contractor, employee or member; or
 (d) a call centre; or
 (e) a reception service.
 (3) Also, item 585, 588, 591, 599 or 600 applies to a service only if the practitioner keeps a record of the assessment of the patient.

2.14.4  Restrictions on items in Group A11—practitioners
 (1) Item 585 does not apply to a service described in the item that is provided by an eligible non‑vocationally recognised medical practitioner registered under the Other Medical Practitioners Extension Program (within the meaning of subclause 1.1.2(2)) who:
 (a) was registered under the After Hours Other Medical Practitioners Program on or before 30 June 2023; and
 (b) provides the service through a medical deputising service.
 (2) Each of items 588 and 591 apply