Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744:front:0:p19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744
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Character Range: 49266–52367

1, that sets out the terms on which:
          (a) a general practitioner;
          (b) a practice nurse;
               (c) a community nurse (via a DVA‑contracted community nursing provider); and
               (d) an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care worker;

    is to provide treatment to an entitled person under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program in order for the Commission to accept financial responsibility for that treatment.

    "Notes for General Practitioners" means the document that:

         (a) is approved by the Commission or a member thereof, or by the Secretary to the Department, entitled "Notes for General Practitioners"; and

         (b) is referred to in Schedule 1; and

         (c) sets out the terms on which, and the conditions subject to which, a general practitioner is to provide treatment to an entitled person in order for the Commission to accept financial responsibility for that treatment, except those parts of the document that deal with the formation of a contractual relationship between a general practitioner and the Commission or the Department.

 "Notes for Providers" means a DVA document approved by the Secretary to the Department, or by the Commission or a member thereof, with the word 'Notes' in its title, and referred to in Schedule 1, that sets out the terms on which, and the conditions subject to which, a health care provider is to provide treatment to an entitled person in order for the Commission to accept financial responsibility for that treatment.

    "nursing‑home‑type care" means the treatment described in paragraph 9.3 of the Principles.

    "occupational therapist" means an occupational therapist who has been given a provider number in respect of being an occupational therapist.

    "occupational therapist (mental health)" means an occupational therapist:

           (a) who has been given a provider number in respect of being an occupational therapist; and
           (b) who, in the opinion of an employee of, or consultant to, the Department or the  Human ServicesDepartment, has appropriate qualifications in occupational therapy in the area of mental health and who practises as an occupational therapist in the area of mental health.

    "Optical Coherence Tomography" means the treatment comprised of a non‑contact, non‑invasive high resolution imaging technique that provides cross‑sectional tomographic images of the ocular microstructure through the thickness of the retina.

       "optical dispenser", in the case of an individual, means a person who:

       (a) interprets optical prescriptions and fits and services optical appliances such as spectacle frames and lenses; and

       (b) holds a qualification that, in the opinion of the Commission, is appropriate for the skills needed to practise optical dispensing; and

       (c) is a member of a body established to supervise the occupation of optical dispenser; and

       (d) holds a provider number as an optometrist, ophthalmologist, orthoptist or optical dispenser.

       "optical dispenser", in the case