Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00800:front:0:p48
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00800
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for a subsequent period of care by the general practitioner, the general practitioner is to:

              (a) approve a subsequent period of care by the general practitioner of the entitled person before the period commences (approval);
              (b) make a record of the approval (which may be in electronic form), containing the date of the approval;
              (c) store the approval in a readily retrievable form; and
              (d) take any necessary steps to facilitate the provision of the subsequent period of care by the general practitioner to the entitled person.

    6A.3.4.  Where a general practitioner approves a subsequent period of care by the general practitioner for an entitled person, before the expiry of a current period of care by the general practitioner for the person, the subsequent period of care commences on the day following the day on which the current period of care expired.

    6A.3.5. Where a general practitioner approves a subsequent period of care by the general practitioner for an entitled person (approval), after the expiry of a current period of care by the general practitioner for the person, the subsequent period of care commences on the date of the approval.

    6A.3.6. If the general practitioner decides not to approve a subsequent period of care by the general practitioner of the entitled person, because the person does not meet the aims of the Program or is ineligible for a subsequent period of care by the general practitioner, the general practitioner is to:

              (a) notify (including by telephone) any DVA‑contracted community nursing provider who may have co‑ordinated care for the entitled person under the Program immediately before the potential subsequent period of care by the general practitioner, of the decision;

              (b) if the entitled person was receiving a Home Care service (category C) immediately before the potential subsequent period of care by the general practitioner, notify (including by telephone) the MHC assessment agency for the person, of the decision;

              (c) notify the entitled person, in a manner the general practitioner considers appropriate, of the decision.

          6A.4 Commission Financial Responsibility for Treatment under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program

               6A.4.1 The Commission will accept financial responsibility for:

                (a) GP Care Leadership treatment;
                    (b) Practice Nurse Care Co‑ordination treatment;
                    (c) Community Nurse Care Co‑ordination treatment;
                      (d) Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Care Co‑ordination treatment;

               provided to an entitled person, during a period of care of the person by the general practitioner, the practice nurse, the community nurse or the   Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care worker , as the case may be, if the treatment is provided:

                      (a) in accordance with the Principles and the Notes for Coordinated Veterans' Care Program Providers; and
           (b) during a period of care provided to