Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086:clause:1_4:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 4 (pt 6/8)
Character Range: 381523–384173

a service provided by a general practitioner to a person other than the patient only if:
 (a) the general practitioner determines it is clinically appropriate to provide focussed psychological strategies services to a person other than the patient, and makes a written record of this determination in the patient's records; and
 (b) the general practitioner:
 (i) explains the service to the patient; and
 (ii) obtains the patient's consent for the service to be provided to the other person as part of the patient's treatment; and
 (iii) makes a written record of the consent; and
 (c) the service is provided as part of the patient's treatment; and
 (d) the patient is not in attendance during the provision of the service; and
 (e) in the calendar year, no more than one other service to which any of items 309, 311, 313, 315, 2739, 2741, 2743, 2745, 80002, 80006, 80012, 80016, 80102, 80106, 80112, 80116, 80129, 80131, 80137, 80141, 80154, 80156, 80162, 80166, 91168, 91171, 91174, 91177, 91194, 91195, 91196, 91197, 91198, 91199, 91200, 91201, 91202, 91203, 91204, 91205, 91859, 91861, 91862, 91863, 91864, 91865, 91866 or 91867 apply has already been provided to or in relation to the patient.
Note: The patient's consent may be withdrawn at any time.

2.20.7A  Restrictions on items in Subgroup 9 of Group A7 (focussed psychological strategies)
 (1) Items 283, 285, 286, 287, 309, 311, 313 and 315 apply to a service which:
 (a) is clinically indicated under a GP mental health treatment plan or a psychiatrist assessment and management plan; and
 (b) is provided by a prescribed medical practitioner:
 (i) whose name is entered in the register maintained by the Chief Executive Medicare under section 33 of the Human Services (Medicare) Regulations 2017; and
 (ii) who is identified in the register as a medical practitioner who can provide services to which item 283, 285, 286, 287, 309, 311, 313 or 315, or an item in Subgroup 2 of Group A20, applies; and
 (iii) who meets any training and skills requirements, as determined by the General Practice Mental Health Standards Collaboration, for providing services to which item 283, 285, 286, 287, 309, 311, 313 or 315, or an item in Subgroup 2 of Group A20, applies.
 (2) Items 283, 285, 286, 287, 309, 311, 313 and 315 do not apply to:
 (a) a service which:
 (i) is provided by a prescribed medical practitioner to a patient, or to a person other than the patient as part of the patient's treatment, if, in the calendar year, 6 other services to which any of the following items apply have already been provided to the patient or to the person:
 (A) item 283, 285, 286, 287 309, 311, 313 or