Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086:schedule:1:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 9/10)
Character Range: 35050–37810

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  If it is a condition of a service, in an item, involving a video conference between a patient and a medical practitioner that the patient and practitioner be at least 15 km by road from one another, the item does not apply if the patient or the practitioner travels to ensure that the condition is met.
Note: This clause has effect whether the condition is set out in the item or not.

1.2.13  Restriction on items—attendances on same day as electrocardiogram services are performed
 (1) An item in Part 2 of this Schedule does not apply to a service (the attendance service) provided by a specialist, consultant physician or medical practitioner to a patient on a day if an electrocardiogram service to which item 11716, 11717, 11723, 11729, 11732 or 11735 applies is provided by the specialist, consultant physician or medical practitioner to the patient on the same day.
 (2) Subclause (1) does not apply if:
 (a) the patient has been referred to the specialist, consultant physician or medical practitioner; or
 (b) the patient is being provided with ongoing care by the specialist, consultant physician or medical practitioner; or
 (c) both of the following apply:
 (i) another medical practitioner has requested the electrocardiogram service;
 (ii) the attendance service is provided at the same time as, or after, the electrocardiogram service and is required because there is an urgent clinical need to make decisions about the patient's care as a result of the electrocardiogram service.

1.2.14  Restriction on items—attendances on same day as echocardiogram services or myocardial perfusion study services are performed
 (1) An item in Part 2 of this Schedule does not apply to a service (the attendance service) provided to a patient on a day if either of the following is provided to the patient on the same day:
 (a) an echocardiogram service to which item 55126, 55127, 55128, 55129, 55132, 55133, 55134, 55137, 55141, 55143, 55145 or 55146 applies;
 (b) a myocardial perfusion study service to which item 61321, 61324, 61325, 61329, 61345, 61349, 61357, 61394, 61398, 61406, 61410 or 61414 applies.
 (2) Subclause (1) does not apply if:
 (a) both:
 (i) the attendance service is provided after another service is provided to the patient; and
 (ii) clinical management decisions are made about the patient during that other service; or
 (b) the decision to perform the echocardiogram service or the myocardial perfusion study service on the same day is made as a result of a clinical assessment of the patient during the attendance service.

Division 1.3—Indexation of fees

1.3.1  Indexation—1 July 2024
 (1) At the start of 1 July 2024 (the indexation time), each amount covered by subclause (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using