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when a service is taken to be rendered on behalf of a medical practitioner.

      (1A) For the purposes of items 93660 and 93661, the medical practitioner on whose behalf the service is provided:

          (a) is not required to attend the location where the service is provided by the relevant health professional; and

          (b) retains responsibility for the health, safety and clinical outcomes of the patient; and

          (c) must be satisfied that the relevant health professional is appropriately qualified and trained to provide the service.

     (2) Item 10660 applies to a service provided in the course of a personal attendance by a single general practitioner on a single patient on a single occasion.

     (3) Item 10661 applies to a service provided in the course of a personal attendance by a single medical practitioner (other than a general practitioner) on a single patient on a single occasion.

8.  Restrictions on items

  Availability of COVID‑19 vaccine at service location

     (1) An item in the Schedule only applies to a service if:

           (a) for a service provided at a practice location ‑ a dose of a COVID‑19 vaccine is immediately available for administration to the patient at that location; or

           (b) for a service provided from a practice location ‑ a dose of a COVID‑19 vaccine is immediately available for administration to the patient at the location at which the service is provided.

  Restrictions on co‑claiming with item 10988 or the bulk‑billing incentive items

     (2) An item in the Schedule does not apply to a service if the service is associated with a service to which any of items 10988, 10990, 10991, 10992, 75855, 75856, 75857 or 75858 in the general medical services table applies.

  Exclusion of hospital treatment and hospital‑substitute treatment

     (3) An item in the Schedule does not apply to a service if the service is provided as part of an episode of hospital treatment or hospital‑substitute treatment.

  Items 10660 and 10661 – claiming frequency

     (4) A service provided under items 10660 or 10661 cannot be claimed more than once during a patient's lifetime.

9.  Fee in relation to the first patient during each attendance

     (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), for the first patient attended during one attendance by a general practitioner or by a medical practitioner (other than a general practitioner) at:

           (a) one residential aged care facility, or at consulting rooms situated within such a complex, on one occasion; or

           (b) one residential disability setting facility, or at consulting rooms situated within such a complex, on one occasion; or

           (c) a person's place of residence (other than a residential aged care facility) on one occasion;

      the fee for a service described in an item of the Schedule is