Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01105:clause:2_92435
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01105
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 92435
Character Range: 214155–218283

92435                                                                                                                                 Telehealth attendance lasting more than 45 minutes by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician's specialty of psychiatry, if:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               478.05
                                                                                                                                        (a) the attendance follows referral of the patient to the consultant, by a medical practitioner in general practice (including a general practitioner, but not a specialist or consultant physician) or a participating nurse practitioner for an assessment or management; and
                                                                                                                                        (b) during the attendance, the consultant:
                                                                                                                                            (i) if it is clinically appropriate to do so—uses an appropriate outcome tool; and
                                                                                                                                            (ii) carries out a mental state examination; and
                                                                                                                                            (iii) undertakes a comprehensive diagnostic assessment; and
                                                                                                                                        (c) the consultant decides that it is clinically appropriate for the patient to be managed by the referring practitioner without ongoing management by the consultant and
                                                                                                                                        (d) within 2 weeks after the attendance, the consultant prepares and gives the referring practitioner a written report, which includes:
                                                                                                                                            (i) a comprehensive diagnostic assessment of the patient; and
                                                                                                                                            (ii) a management plan for the patient for the next 12 months for the patient that comprehensively evaluates the patient's biopsychosocial factors and makes recommendations to the referring practitioner to manage the patient's ongoing care in a biopsychosocial model; and
                                                                                                                                        (e) if clinically appropriate, the consultant explains the diagnostic assessment and management plan, and a gives a copy, to:
                                                                                                                                            (i) the patient; and
                                                                                                                                            (ii) the patient's carer (if any), if the patient agrees; and
                                                                                                                                        (f) in the preceding 12 months, a service to which this item or item 291 of the general medical services table applies has not been provided