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Act, in deciding whether to revoke a declaration that a facility is a hospital, the following matters are specified:
(a) if an undertaking has been provided by the facility's operator to provide to private health insurers information referred to in paragraph 121‑5 (7) (e) of the Act, whether that information has been provided within 6 weeks after the insured person to whom the information relates has been discharged from the hospital; and
(b) whether an enforceable agreement referred to in paragraph 5 (d) has been complied with.

     7. Conditions on declarations of hospitals
      (1) For subsection 121‑7 (2) of the Act, a declaration under paragraph 121‑5 (6) (a) of the Act is subject to the conditions specified for this rule.
      (2) In the case of a private hospital, the conditions specified for this rule are that the hospital:
(a) provide to the Department de‑identified patient data specified in the PHDB Data from Private Hospitals to the Department; and
(b) provide the data specified in the PHDB Data from Private Hospitals to the Department within 6 weeks after the insured person to whom the information relates has been discharged from the hospital; and
(c) if the hospital provides triage and early treatment to a person in a situation of emergency, that the hospital subsequently:
(i) provides reasonable access to an appropriate range of services for the treatment of the person; or
(ii) has arrangements for the transfer of the person, within a reasonable time, to a hospital where such services are available.
     (3) In this rule, PHDB Data from Private Hospitals to the Department means the protocol set out in the document approved by the Assistant Secretary of the Data and Analytics Branch of the Department of Health and Aged Care on 14 March 2024 which consists of "Data Specifications (PHDB)" and "Explanatory Notes (PHDB)", and sets out the data specifications for data provided by private hospitals to the Department.
      (4) For the purposes of interpreting the kinds of information to be provided with respect to "Data Specifications (PHDB)", reference must be made to "Explanatory Notes (PHDB)".

Part 2A Second‑tier eligible hospitals class

7A. Second‑tier eligible hospitals class
  For the purposes of subsection 121‑8 (1) of the Act, second‑tier eligible hospitals constitutes a class of hospital (the second‑tier eligible hospitals class).

7B. Application fee

         For the purposes of paragraph 121-8(2)(b) of the Act, the application fee is $985 for each hospital that the application seeks to have included in the second‑tier eligible hospitals class.

7C. Assessment criteria
  For the purposes of subsection 121‑8A (1) of the Act, to be included in the second‑tier eligible hospitals class, a hospital must:
 (a) be a private hospital; and
 (b) be accredited; and
 (c) not