Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086:clause:1_6015
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 6015
Character Range: 481330–485429

6015                                                               Professional attendance by a specialist practising in the specialist's specialty of neurosurgery following referral of the patient to the specialist—an attendance after the initial attendance in a single course of treatment, involving an exhaustive and comprehensive examination, arranging any necessary investigations in relation to one or more complex problems and lasting more than 45 minutes at consulting rooms or hospital                                159.35

Division 2.27—Group A31: Addiction medicine

2.27.1  Meaning of organise and coordinate
  In items 6029 to 6042:
organise and coordinate, for a conference mentioned in the item, means undertaking all of the following activities:
 (a) explaining to the patient the nature of the conference;
 (b) asking the patient whether the patient agrees to the conference taking place;
 (c) recording the patient's agreement to the conference;
 (d) recording the day the conference was held and the times the conference started and ended;
 (e) recording the names of the participants;
 (f) recording the activities mentioned in the definition of multidisciplinary case conference in clause 1.1.4 and putting a copy of that record in the patient's medical records;
 (g) offering the patient and the patient's carer (if any and if the practitioner considers appropriate and the patient agrees), and giving each other member of the team, a summary of the conference;
 (h) discussing the outcomes of the conference with the patient and the patient's carer (if any and if the practitioner considers appropriate and the patient agrees).

2.27.2  Meaning of participate
  In items 6035 to 6042:
participate, for a conference mentioned in the item, means participation that:
 (a) does not include organising and coordinating the conference; and
 (b) involves undertaking all of the following activities in relation to the conference:
 (i) explaining to the patient the nature of the conference;
 (ii) asking the patient whether the patient agrees to the practitioner's participation in the conference;
 (iii) recording the patient's agreement to the practitioner's participation in the conference;
 (iv) recording the day the conference was held and the times the conference started and ended;
 (v) recording the names of the participants;
 (vi) recording the activities mentioned in the definition of multidisciplinary case conference in clause 1.1.4 and putting a copy of that record in the patient's medical records.

2.27.3  Restrictions on item 6028
  Item 6028 applies only to a service provided in the course of a personal attendance by a single addiction medicine specialist.

2.27.4  Items in Group A31
  This clause sets out items in Group A31.
Note: The fees in Group A31 are indexed in accordance with clause 1.3.1.

Group A31—Addiction medicine
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Subgroup 1—Addiction medicine attendances