Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00800:reg:18:p27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00800
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 18 (pt 27/42)
Character Range: 223136–226172

of a guide dog, mobility dog or hearing dog for an entitled member under paragraph 11.3.1, the Commission is to have regard to the factors in the RAP Guidelines relating to the supply of a guide dog, mobility dog or hearing dog, as the case requires.

    11.3.5.3 If the Commission has accepted financial responsibility for the supply of an assistance dog the Commission will also be responsible for the reasonable costs associated with keeping the dog while the dog remains in the care of the entitled member.

    11.3.5.3A The Commission may accept financial responsibility for the reasonable costs, incurred on or after 1 July 2022, associated with a person keeping a psychiatric assistance dog while the dog remains in the care of the person if:

     (a) the person is an entitled member; and

           (b) the person has an accepted condition of post‑traumatic stress disorder or a diagnosis of post‑traumatic stress disorder from a psychiatrist; and

           (c) the person has undergone treatment, or is undergoing treatment, by a psychiatrist or a psychologist for post‑traumatic stress disorder and has accessed such treatment for at least 3 months; and

     (d) the Commission is satisfied that:

                   (i) the dog was supplied to the person before 27 September 2019; or

                    (ii) the dog was supplied to the person on or after 27 September 2019 in connection with the person commencing training with the dog, or another psychiatric assistance dog, before 27 September 2019; and

           (e) the person satisfies any other criteria determined by the RAP Guidelines for the purposes of this subparagraph.

    11.3.5.4 For paragraphs 11.3.5.1 to 11.3.5.4:

    AHPRA means the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency;

    assistance dog means a guide dog, a mobility dog, a hearing dog or a psychiatric assistance dog;

    mental health professional means:

(a) a psychiatrist; or

(b) a psychologist; or

(c) a mental health occupational therapist; or

(d) a mental health social worker;

    mental health occupational therapist means a person who is registered with AHPRA to practise as an occupational therapist and eligible to provide focussed psychological strategies under Medicare;

    mental health social worker means a social worker who is a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers and certified by that association as eligible to provide focussed psychological strategies under Medicare;

    psychiatrist means a medical practitioner who is registered with AHPRA and holds specialist registration as a psychiatrist;

    psychologist means a person who is registered with AHPRA to practise as a psychologist;

    RAP Guidelines means the Rehabilitation Appliances Program (RAP) National Guidelines defined in paragraph 1.4.1 of these Principles.

11.3.6  Subject to 11.3.6A and 11.3.7, the Commission will not approve the supply of a rehabilitation appliance to an entitled person who is in an institution or who has