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      (5) A list of the hospitals in each category as of 1 August of each year must be published on the Department's website.

      (6) Private hospitals are comparable if they are placed in the same category by a determination made under subclause (1), (2), (3) or (4).

      (7) For the purposes of this clause, the categories are the following:
            (a) private hospitals that provide psychiatric care, including treatment of addictions, for at least 50% of the episodes of hospital treatment, and do not fall into category (g);
            (b) private hospitals that provide rehabilitation care for at least 50% of the episodes of hospital treatment, and do not fall into categories (a) or (g);
            (c) private hospitals that do not fall into categories (a), (b) or (g), with up to and including 50 licensed beds;
            (d) private hospitals that do not fall into categories (a), (b) or (g), with more than 50 licensed beds and up to and including 100 licensed beds;
            (e) private hospitals that do not fall into categories (a), (b) or (g), with more than 100 licensed beds, without an accident and emergency unit or a specialised cardiac care unit or an intensive care unit;
            (f) private hospitals that do not fall into categories (a), (b) or (g), with more than 100 licensed beds, with either (or any combination of) an accident and emergency unit or a specialised cardiac care unit or an intensive care unit;
            (g) private hospitals that provide episodes of hospital treatment only for periods of not more than 24 hours.

      (8) If State or Territory legislation in the State or Territory where the private hospital is located regulates the number of beds or patients that a private hospital is permitted—in subclause (7), a reference to licensed beds is a reference to the beds or patients that a private hospital is permitted, under State or Territory legislation in the State or Territory where the private hospital is located.

      (9) If State or Territory legislation in the State or Territory where the private hospital is located does not regulate the number of beds or patients that a private hospital is permitted—in subclause (7), a reference to licensed beds is a reference to the beds and bed equivalents the private hospital operates.

      (10) An authorised officer must calculate proportions for the purposes of paragraphs (7)(a) and (b):
            (a) if Hospital Casemix Protocol Data is available for the private hospital—using the most recent year of Hospital Casemix Protocol Data available to the Department for the private hospital; and
            (b) otherwise—on the basis of any relevant information available to the Department about the episodes of hospital treatment at the private hospital.

1B. Internal review of a categorisation