Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00214:clause:1_61109:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00214
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 61109 (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 258902–261848

must be immediately available to respond if required.
 (3) One of the persons mentioned in subclauses (1) and (2) must be a medical practitioner.
 (4) For the purposes of subclause (2), the matters are:
 (a) how to safely perform exercise or pharmacological stress monitoring and recording; and
 (b) how to recognise the symptoms and signs of cardiac disease.

2.4.2  PET nuclear scanning services
 (1) An item in Subgroup 2 of Group I4 applies only if the service is performed on a person:
 (a) at the written request of a specialist or consultant physician (the requesting practitioner) if:
 (i) the person is the requesting practitioner's patient; and
 (ii) the requesting practitioner decides that the service is necessary; and
 (b) in a comprehensive facility; and
 (c) in accordance with clauses 2.4.3 and 2.4.4.
 (2) Also, the items apply only if the owner or operator of the equipment used to perform the service is not in breach of clause 2.4.5.

2.4.3  PET nuclear scanning services—performance under supervision
  For the purposes of paragraph 2.4.2(1)(c), the service is performed in accordance with this clause if:
 (a) all of the following subparagraphs apply:
 (i) the service is performed under the supervision of a PET credentialled specialist who is available to monitor and influence the conduct and diagnostic quality of the examination;
 (ii) a PET credentialled specialist, a nuclear medicine credentialled specialist or a specialist in the specialty of diagnostic radiology is available, if necessary, to attend on the patient personally;
 (iii) the service is reported by a PET credentialled specialist; or
 (b) the service is performed:
 (i) in an emergency; or
 (ii) because of medical necessity, in a remote location.

2.4.4  PET nuclear scanning services—equipment
  For the purposes of paragraph 2.4.2(1)(c), the service is performed in accordance with this clause if the service is performed on a person using equipment that meets the requirements set out in Requirements for PET Accreditation (Instrumentation & Radiation Safety) 3rd Edition (2017), issued by the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine Inc, as existing on 1 July 2020.
Note: The Requirements for PET Accreditation (Instrumentation & Radiation Safety) 3rd Edition (2017) could in 2020 be viewed on the website of the Society (https://www.anzsnm.org.au).

2.4.5  PET nuclear scanning services—statutory declaration
 (1) The owner or operator mentioned in subclause 2.4.2(2) must have given a statutory declaration to the Chief Executive Medicare that includes the following information:
 (a) whether the owner or operator is a PET credentialled specialist;
 (b) whether the place where the owner or operator provides the service in a comprehensive facility;
 (c) whether the equipment meets the requirements mentioned in clause 2.4.4;
 (d) the facility's address;
 (e) the provider number for the facility given by the Chief Executive