Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744:front:0:p24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744
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Character Range: 62637–65581

of the Home and Community Care Program service is a proscribed amount notwithstanding that the sum of the amounts that could and could not be charged did not exceed $5 per hour of service.  The limitation on the maximum amount a person could be required to pay in (a), (aa) and (b) above applies to this situation (maximum amount payable over a period).

           (g) an exempt amount;

          Note: the intention is that an exempt amount remains a proscribed amount and therefore not chargeable notwithstanding it would or would not exceed $5 per hour of service.

"provider number" means the number:

         (a)  allocated by:

              (i) the Chief Executive Medicare or by his or her delegate or by a person authorised by the Chief Executive Medicare — to a practitioner; or

              (ii) the Chief Executive Officer of Medicare Australia under the Medicare Australia Act 1973 — to a practitioner; and

          (b)  which identifies the practitioner and the places where the practitioner practises his or her profession.

      Note: see regulation 2 of the Health Insurance Regulations 1975.

      "provision of a Home Care service (category A) to an entitled person by an approved provider" includes the situation where an approved provider engages a sub‑contractor to provide a Home Care service (category A) to an entitled person.

      "provision of a Home Care service (category B) to an entitled person by the Commission" includes the situation where the Commission engages a sub‑contractor to provide a Home Care service (category B) to an entitled person.

       "provision of a Home Care service (category C) to an entitled person by an approved provider" includes the situation where an approved provider engages a sub‑contractor to provide a Home Care service (category C) to an entitled person.

    "psychologist" means a psychologist who has been given a provider number in respect of being a psychologist.

     "public hospital" has the same meaning as "recognized hospital" as defined in the Health Insurance Act 1973.
     Note: Section 3 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 defines "recognized hospital" in terms of hospitals recognized for the purposes of the Medicare agreement, or hospitals declared by the Minister who administers the Health Insurance Act 1973 to be recognized hospitals.

    "Quality of Care Principles 2014" means the legislative instrument of that name made under section 96‑1 of the Aged Care Act 1997.

    "RAP National Schedule of Equipment" means the document of that name approved by the Commission or a member thereof, or by the Secretary to the Department, and referred to in Schedule 1, that lists the surgical aids and appliances for self‑help and rehabilitation available to an entitled person under the Department's Rehabilitation Appliances Program.

    "Rehabilitation Appliances Program (RAP) National Guidelines" means the document of that name approved