Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086:clause:1_53706:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 53706 (pt 9/14)
Character Range: 3179537–3182307

consultant physician; and
 (b) the specialist or consultant physician is providing the service:
 (i) in relation to the specialist's or consultant physician's speciality to the patient; and
 (ii) by way of a video conferencing consultation.
patient's medical condition requires urgent assessment has the meaning given by clause 2.14.1.
patient's usual general practitioner means a general practitioner:
 (a) who has provided the majority of services to the patient in the past 12 months; or
 (b) who is likely to provide the majority of services to the patient in the following 12 months; or
 (c) located at a medical practice that:
 (i) has provided the majority of services to the patient in the past 12 months; or
 (ii) is likely to provide the majority of services to the patient in the next 12 months.
person with a chronic disease, for item 10997, has the meaning given by clause 3.1.1.
pharmaceutical benefits scheme means the scheme for the supply of pharmaceutical benefits established under Part VII of the National Health Act 1953.
practice location, for the provision of a medical service, means the place of practice in relation to which the medical practitioner by whom, or on whose behalf, the service is provided, has been allocated a provider number by the Chief Executive Medicare.
practice midwife has the meaning given by clause 5.5.2.
practice nurse means a registered or an enrolled nurse who is employed by, or whose services are otherwise retained by, a general practice or by a health service to which a direction made under subsection 19(2) of the Act applies.
preparation of a GP mental health treatment plan has the meaning given by clause 2.20.3.
preparation of goals of care for a patient, by a medical practitioner, means the carrying out of all of the following activities by the practitioner:
 (a) comprehensively evaluating the patient's medical, physical, psychological and social issues;
 (b) identifying major issues that require goals of care for the patient to be set;
 (c) assessing the patient's capacity to make decisions about goals of care for the patient;
 (d) discussing care of the patient with the patient, or a person (the surrogate) who can make decisions on the patient's behalf about care for the patient, and as appropriate with any of the following:
 (i) members of the patient's family;
 (ii) other persons who provide care for the patient;
 (iii) other health practitioners;
 (e) offering in that discussion reasonable options for care of the patient, including alternatives to intensive or escalated care;
 (f) agreeing with the patient or the surrogate on goals of care for the patient that address all major issues identified;
 (g) recording the agreed goals so that:
 (i) the record can be readily retrieved by