Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 2)1
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Dated 8 April 2004
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
TONY ABBOTT
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 2).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on 1 May 2004.
3 Amendment of Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Regulations 2003
Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Regulations 2003.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(regulation 3)
[1] Schedule 1, Part 2, subrule 14 (2)
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or P11
[2] Schedule 1, Part 2, paragraph 16 (2) (d)
omit
authorities).
insert
authorities); or
[3] Schedule 1, Part 2, after paragraph 16 (2) (d)
insert
(e) both approved pathology authorities are operated by the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth; or
(f) both approved pathology authorities are operated by the same State or internal Territory or an authority of the same State or internal Territory.
[4] Schedule 1, Part 3, item 69363
substitute
69363 | Detection of Clostridium difficile or Clostridium difficile toxin (except if a service described in item 69345, 69369, 69370, 69372, 69373 or 69375 has been performed) — 1 or more tests | 28.85 |
[5] Schedule 1, Part 3, item 69369, column 3
omit
28.65
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28.85
[6] Schedule 1, Part 3, item 69370, column 3
omit
33.80
insert
36.10
[7] Schedule 1, Part 3, items 69372 and 69375
substitute
69372 | Detection of microbial antigens or nucleic acids (not elsewhere described in this table) — 1 or more tests | 28.85 |
69373 | Detection of a virus or microbial antigen or nucleic acid from a respiratory tract specimen — 1 test | 28.85 |
69374 | 2 or more tests described in item 69373 | 36.10 |
69375 | Examination for Herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus or cytomegalovirus by culture or by detection of microbial antigen or nucleic acid, including a service described in item 69363, 69369, 69370, 69372 or 69373 (if performed) — 1 test | 28.85 |
69376 | 2 or more tests described in item 69375 | 36.10 |
[8] Schedule 1, Part 3, item 69444, column 2, paragraph (a)
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| (a) the patient is Hepatitis C seropositive; |
|
[9] Schedule 1, Part 3, item 71139, column 2
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a total lymphocyte count
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a total lymphocyte count or total leucocyte count
[10] Schedule 1, Part 3, after item 71145
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71146 | Enumeration of CD34+ cells, only for the purposes of autologous or directed allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation, including a total white cell count | 105.85 |
[11] Schedule 1, Part 3, item 73921, column 2
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(Item is subject to subrules 14 (9) and 16 (3))
insert
(Item is subject to rules 14, 15 and 16)
[12] Schedule 1, Part 4
before
Lignocaine | LIGN | 66800 |
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Leucocyte count — CD34 surface marker only — blood | LMCD34 | 71146 |
[13] Schedule 1, Part 5
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Skin, resection of malignant melanoma with full evaluation including measurement of Breslow thickness and Clark level | 5 |
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Skin, resection of malignant melanoma or melanoma in situ | 5 |
Notes
1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2003 No. 256, as amended by 2003 Nos. 295, 300 and 360; 2004 No. 66.
2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 April 2004.