Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00097:section:5:p19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00097
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 19/56)
Character Range: 130028–132804

Rules.

121‑8A  Minister to decide application
 (1) The Minister must consider whether a *hospital to which an application relates satisfies the assessment criteria set out in the Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules.
 (2) If the *hospital satisfies the assessment criteria, the Minister must, within 60 days after the day the application is made:
 (a) include the hospital in a class set out in the Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules; and
 (b) notify the person, in writing, of:
 (i) the hospital's inclusion in a class set out in the Rules; and
 (ii) the day that the hospital is included in that class and the day that the hospital's inclusion in that class ends.
 (3) If the *hospital does not satisfy the assessment criteria, the Minister must, within 60 days after the day the application is made:
 (a) notify the person, in writing, of that fact; and
 (b) provide reasons for the decision.
Note: A decision that a hospital does not satisfy the assessment criteria set out in the Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules is reviewable under Part 6‑9.

121‑8B  Period of inclusion of hospital in a class
  The inclusion of a *hospital in a class set out in the Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules:
 (a) comes into force on the day specified in the notice referred to in subparagraph 121‑8A(2)(b)(ii); and
 (b) expires on the day specified in that notice, unless it is revoked earlier.

121‑8C  Revocation of inclusion of hospital in a class
  The Minister may revoke the inclusion of a *hospital in a class set out in the Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules if the Minister considers that the hospital ceases to satisfy the assessment criteria set out in the Rules.
Note: A decision to revoke the inclusion of a hospital in a class set out in the Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules is reviewable under Part 6‑9.

121‑8D  Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules
  The Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules may provide for all or any of the following:
 (a) for the purposes of this Part and Division 72—set out one or more classes of *hospital;
 (b) impose an application fee for the purposes of section 121‑8;
 (c) set out assessment criteria for including a hospital in a particular class;
 (d) set out matters of a transitional nature relating to the current arrangements for hospitals and the new application process provided for by section 121‑8.

121‑10  Meaning of general treatment
 (1) General treatment is treatment (including the provision of goods and services) that:
 (a) is intended to manage or prevent a disease, injury or condition; and
 (b) is not *hospital treatment.
 (2) Without