
Australian Government
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
MRCA Treatment Principles (Removal of Prior Approval Requirement for Optical Coherence Tomography) Instrument 2011
Instrument No.M20/2011
I, Warren Snowdon, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, pursuant to subsection 286(3) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, approve this instrument made by the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission. Dated this 23rd day of June 2011 Warren Snowdon WARREN SNOWDON |
The Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, pursuant to subsection 286(2) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, varies the MRCA Treatment Principles (Instrument No.M21 of 2004) in accordance with the Schedule. Dated this 20th day of May 2011 The Seal of the ) Military Rehabilitation ) and Compensation Commission )Seal was affixed hereto in the ) presence of: ) Ian Campbell Shane Carmody Major General Mark Kelly AO DSC ……………………………………………………………………………………….... IAN CAMPBELL SHANE CARMODY Major General Mark Kelly AO DSC CHAIR DEPUTY PRESIDENT MEMBER |
[1] Name of Instrument
This instrument is the MRCA Treatment Principles (Removal of Prior Approval Requirement for Optical Coherence Tomography) Instrument 2011
[2] Commencement
This instrument is taken to have commenced on 1 May 2011.
Schedule
1. Paragraph 1.4.1 (definitions)
insert:
“Optical Coherence Tomography” means the treatment comprised of a non-contact, non-invasive high resolution
imaging technique that provides cross-sectional tomographic images of the ocular microstructure through the thickness of the retina.
2. Paragraph 3.2.1(b)
after:
Schedule
insert:
except where otherwise stated.
3. Paragraph 4.2.5
after paragraph 4.2.5, insert:
4.2.6 Optical Coherence Tomography
4.2.7 The Commission may accept financial responsibility for Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) provided to an entitled person by an Ophthalmologist for the assessment or management of retinal disease.
Note: While OCT remains an unlisted treatment it is subject to all the requirements for an unlisted treatment except prior approval.