Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086:clause:1_31590:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 31590 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 1601479–1604885

31590                         Adjustment of gastric band reservoir, repair, revision or replacement of (Anaes.) (Assist.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              261.95

Subdivision B—Subgroups 2 and 3 of Group T8

5.10.10  Meaning of foreign body in items 35360 to 35363
  In items 35360 to 35363:
foreign body does not include an instrument inserted for the purpose of a service being rendered.

5.10.11  Application of items 32084 and 32087
  If a service to which item 32084 or 32087 applies is provided by a practitioner to a patient on more than one occasion on a day, the second service is taken to be a separate service for the purposes of the item if the second service is provided under a second episode of anaesthesia or other sedation.

5.10.12  Restrictions on items 32500 to 32517 and 35321—methods of providing services
  Items 32500 to 32517 and 35321 do not apply to the services described in those items if the services are delivered by:
 (a) endovenous laser treatment; or
 (b) radiofrequency diathermy; or
 (c) radiofrequency ablation for varicose veins.

5.10.13  Restrictions on items 35404, 35406 and 35408

Restriction connected with chemotherapy using certain drugs
 (1) Items 35404, 35406 and 35408 do not apply to selective internal radiation therapy provided in combination with systemic chemotherapy using any drugs other than 5 fluorouracil (5FU) and leucovorin.

Restriction on provider of service in item 35404
 (2) Item 35404 applies only to a service provided by a medical practitioner recognised as a specialist, or consultant physician, in the specialty of nuclear medicine or radiation oncology for the purposes of the Act.

5.10.15  Meaning of eligible stroke centre
  In this Schedule:
eligible stroke centre means a facility that:
 (a) has a designated stroke unit; and
 (b) is equipped and has staff available or on call so that it is capable of providing all of the following to a patient on a 24‑hour basis:
 (i) the services of a specialist or consultant physician who has the training required under paragraph (b) of item 35414;
 (ii) diagnostic imaging services using advanced imaging techniques, including computed tomography, computed tomography angiography, digital subtraction angiography, magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography;
 (iii) care from a team of health practitioners including a stroke physician, a neurologist, a neurosurgeon, a radiologist, an anaesthetist, an intensive care unit specialist, a medical imaging technologist and a nurse; and
 (c) has dedicated endovascular angiography facilities; and
 (d) has written procedures for assessing and treating patients who have, or may have, experienced a stroke.
Note: A health practitioner may fulfil the role of more than one of the types of health practitioner specified in paragraph (b)(iii). For example, a neurologist may also be a stroke physician.

5.10.16  Items in Subgroups 2 and 3 of Group T8
  This clause