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Health Insurance (Subsection 3(5) General Practitioner Post-Operative Treatment) Direction 2017

I, NATASHA RYAN, delegate of the Minister for Health, make this Direction under subsection 3(5) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated           18 October 2017

NATASHA RYAN
Assistant Secretary
MBS Policy and Specialist Services Branch
Medical Benefits Division
Department of Health

Contents

1. Name of Direction
2. Commencement
3. Authority
4. Interpretation
5. Direction

1.                  Name of Direction

This Direction is the Health Insurance (Subsection 3(5) General Practitioner Post-Operative Treatment) Direction 2017.

2.                  Commencement

This Direction commences on 1 November 2017.

3.                  Authority

     This Direction is made under subsection 3(5) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

4.                  Interpretation

     In this Direction:

     initial service means a professional service, that is not a service specified in an item in the general medical services table that is expressed to relate to a professional attendance by a medical practitioner (however described), a dental practitioner, a participating optometrist, a participating midwife or a participating nurse practitioner.

     professional attendance service means a service specified in an item in the general medical services table that is expressed to relate to a professional attendance.

5.                  Direction

           (1)               Subject to subsection (2), I direct that an initial service does not include a professional attendance service that is necessary for the purposes of post-operative treatment of the person to whom the initial service is rendered, if the professional attendance service is rendered by a medical practitioner practising in general practice (including a general practitioner, but not including a specialist or consultant physician).

           (2)              Subsection (1) does not apply if the initial service is rendered by the same practitioner who renders the professional attendance service.