Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:93d:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 93D (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 1362068–1364683

of pathology services;
 (b) being a person who renders pathology services, carries on the business of rendering pathology services or is a proprietor of premises at which pathology services are rendered:
 (i) directly or indirectly invites a practitioner as defined in subsection (1) to request the rendering of a pathology service or of pathology services; or
 (ii) does any act or thing that the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, is likely to have the effect of directly or indirectly encouraging a practitioner as defined in subsection (1) to request the rendering of a pathology service or of pathology services; or
 (c) being a practitioner as defined in subsection (1) who provides treatment for eligible persons under this Part, asks, receives or obtains, or agrees to receive or obtain, any property, benefit or advantage of any kind for himself or herself, or for any other person, from a person carrying on the business of rendering pathology services or from a person acting on behalf of a person carrying on such a business;
commits an offence against this section.
 (3) In subsection (2):
 (a) a reference to requesting the rendering of a pathology service shall be read as a reference to requesting the rendering of a pathology service or of pathology services for a person who is eligible to be provided with that service or those services under this Part;
 (b) a reference to requesting the rendering of pathology services shall be read as a reference to requesting the rendering of pathology services for persons who are eligible to be provided with those services under this Part; and
 (c) a reference to a person carrying on the business of rendering pathology services shall be read as a reference to a person who carries on a business in the course of which any pathology services are rendered.
 (4) A person who, being a practitioner as defined in subsection (1), asks, receives or obtains, or agrees to receive or obtain, any property, benefit or advantage of any kind for himself or herself or for any other person from a proprietor of a private hospital or from a person acting on behalf of such a proprietor on the understanding that the first‑mentioned person will, in any manner, do any act or thing the purpose of which is, or the effect of which will be, to enable an eligible person to be admitted as an in‑patient in the hospital for treatment that the person is eligible to be provided with under this Part, commits an offence against this section.
 (5) A person who, being a proprietor or one of the proprietors of a private hospital or a person acting on behalf of such a