Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00561:body:0:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00561
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 21415–24216

other goods and services to be provided; and
(ii) specifies the frequency and duration of the provision of those goods and services; and
(iii) specifies the date for review of the plan; and
(iv) has been provided to the patient for consent, and consent is given to the program, before any services under the program are provided; and
(c) is coordinated by a person who has accepted responsibility for:
(i) ensuring the services are provided according to the plan; and
(ii) monitoring the patient's compliance with the agreed goals and activities specified in the plan.
      (2) In this rule:
allied health service means a health service provided by any of the following allied health professionals who were eligible, at the time the service was provided, to claim a medicare rebate for a service of that type:
(a) an Aboriginal health worker;
(b) audiologist;
(c) chiropodist;
(d) chiropractor;
(e) diabetes educator;
(f) dietician;
(g) exercise physiologist;
(h) mental health worker;
(i) occupational therapist;
(j) osteopath;
(k) physiotherapist;
(l) podiatrist;
(m) psychologist;
(n) speech pathologist.
chronic disease is a disease that has been, or is likely to be, present for at least 6 months, including, but not limited to, asthma, cancer, cardiovascular illness, diabetes mellitus, a mental health condition, arthritis and a musculoskeletal condition.
risk factors for chronic disease include, but are not limited to:
(a) lifestyle risk factors, including, but not limited to, smoking, physical inactivity, poor nutrition or alcohol misuse; and
(b) biomedical risk factors, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, impaired glucose metabolism or excess weight; and
(c) family history of a chronic disease.

Part 4 Health insurance business

     13. Business that is not accident and sickness insurance
      (1) For the purposes of paragraph 121‑20 (2) (b) of the Act, the following kinds of business are specified:
(a) the business of undertaking liability, by way of insurance, to pay a lump sum, or to make periodic payments, on the happening of a personal accident, disease or sickness, where the extent of the insurer's liability is calculated by reference to, or is in any way contingent upon, a period of time during which a person is a patient in a hospital;
(b) the business of undertaking liability, by way of insurance, to pay a lump sum, or to make periodic payments, on the happening of a personal accident, disease or sickness, where the business includes the offer, promotion or offer and promotion of a policy (or a group of policies) in which:
(i) the amount of benefit varies according to the kind of insured event that occurs; and
(ii) the insured event is defined in terms that involve the provision of hospital treatment or relevant health services;
whether or