Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2010A00138:clause:1_2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2010A00138
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 2
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2  Subsection 16A(3)
Repeal the subsection. Substitute:
 (3) A medicare benefit is not payable in respect of a pathology service (other than a pathologist-determinable service to which subsection (6) applies) that has been rendered by or on behalf of an approved pathology practitioner unless:
 (a) the service was rendered pursuant to a request made by the treating practitioner and, if an approved pathology practitioner was specified on the request, the service was conducted by that practitioner; or
 (b) the service was rendered pursuant to a request made by another approved pathology practitioner who received a request for the service made by the treating practitioner and the treating practitioner did not specify a pathology practitioner.
 (3A) In subsection (3), a treating practitioner may only specify an approved pathology practitioner on clinical grounds.