Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00488:reg:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00488
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8
Character Range: 7238–9047

8  Requirements that apply to all bonded participants
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 124ZT(3)(d) of the Act, the circumstances in which work will qualify for completing a return of service obligation are that:
 (a) the work is eligible work; and
 (b) details of the work have been:
 (i) registered in a return of service obligation plan in accordance with subsection 16(1); and
 (ii) confirmed as being completed in accordance with subsection 16(1).

Counting of work
 (2) Any work completed by a bonded participant that does not comply with subsection (1) must not be counted towards the return of service obligation in relation to the bonded participant.

Definitions
 (3) In this section:
eligible work means, in relation to a bonded participant, the rendering of a professional service to a patient in an eligible location. It includes:
 (a) paid leave that is accrued from the rendering of such a professional service;
 (b) outreach services in an eligible location;
 (c) fly‑in/fly‑out medical services in an eligible location;
 (d) aeromedical evacuation and retrieval services to patients in an eligible location;
 (e) telehealth services in an eligible location and delivered to patients in an eligible location; and
 (f) on‑call services in an eligible location;
  but does not include clinical research, academic teaching, medical or organisational/administrative work or paramedical work.
professional service means a service of a kind referred to in paragraph (a), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of the definition of professional service in subsection 3(1) of the Act.
Note: A professional service may include:
               (a)   services delivered by a bonded participant under salaried arrangements or other employment arrangements; or
(b)   a service for which a Medicare benefit is not payable.