Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00118:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00118
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 3688–6672

5  Interpretation
 (1) Words in this instrument have, unless they are otherwise defined, the same meaning as in the Act.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
 accredited pathology laboratory;
 approved pathology authority;
 approved pathology practitioner;
 medical practitioner;
 pathology service;
 pathology services table.
 (2) In these Principles:
accreditation action means an independent body's grant, refusal to grant or revocation of accreditation, however any of these actions are described, in relation to the rendering of some or all of the pathology services at premises.
accreditation materials means each document mentioned in Schedule 1, published in the year mentioned for the document.
Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973.
advisory report means a report provided by an independent body in accordance with subsection 12(3).
assessment report means a report provided by an independent body or a special adviser in accordance with section 9.
category means a category under section 17.
designated person means a person who is designated in an application for approval under section 23DN of the Act as the person responsible for a premises' compliance with relevant standards.
group of pathology testing means a group of items in the pathology services table.
independent body means:
 (a) NATA; and
 (b) any other organisation approved under subsection (3) by the Minister.
NATA means the National Association of Testing Authorities Australia (ACN 004 379 748).
NPAAC means the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council established under subsection 9(1) of the National Health Act 1953.
pathologist means a medical practitioner recognised as a specialist for the purposes of the Act in relation to any of the specialties listed in Column 3, Item 113 of Schedule 4 of the Health Insurance Regulations 1975, or regulations made to replace those regulations.
pathology discipline with a national workforce shortage means any of the following pathology disciplines:
 (a) genomics (including cytogenetics and biochemical genetics);
 (b) immunology;
 (c) chemical pathology.
premises means premises or a part of any premises used or proposed to be used as a pathology laboratory.
relevant standards means standards set out in the accreditation materials and in section 18.
scope of practice means the discipline and areas of testing in which a person has:
 (a) been trained and successfully examined or assessed as competent by the relevant College, professional society, or credentialing body; and
 (b) met current Continuing Professional Development and recency of practice requirements.
S(FC) laboratory has the same meaning as in the Requirements for Supervision in the Clinical Governance of Medical Pathology Laboratories (Seventh Edition 2023).
special adviser means a person appointed by the Minister to advise the Minister on the standards of pathology services rendered at premises.