Health Insurance Commission Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1)1
Statutory Rules 2002 No. 1422
I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Commission Act 1973.
Dated 26 June 2002
PETER HOLLINGWORTH
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
KAY PATTERSON
Minister for Health and Ageing

1	Name of Regulations
		These Regulations are the Health Insurance Commission Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1).
2	Commencement
		These Regulations commence on 1 July 2002.
3	Amendment of Health Insurance Commission Regulations 1975
		Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance Commission Regulations 1975.

Schedule 1	Amendment
(regulation 3)
  
[1]	After regulation 3S
insert
3T	Additional functions of the Commission — Register relating to mental health care
	(1)	For subsection 8AA (2) of the Act, it is a prescribed function of the Commission to establish and maintain a register (the Register) of general practitioners who may participate in the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Initiative administered by the Department of Health and Ageing (the Initiative).
	(2)	The Register may be maintained in any form, including the form of a computer record.
	(3)	The Commission must enter a person’s name in the Register within 14 days of receiving a written notice from the relevant accreditation body stating that the person meets the requirements for participation in the Initiative.
	(4)	After a person’s name has been entered in the Register, the Commission must give a written notice to the person and to the relevant accreditation body stating:
	(a)	that the person’s name has been entered in the Register; and 
	(b)	the day on which the person’s name was entered. 
	(5)	In this regulation:
general practitioner means a medical practitioner (other than a specialist or consultant physician) who practices in general practice.
relevant accreditation body means the General Practice Mental Health Standards Collaboration.
Notes
1.	These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1975 No. 27, as amended by 1976 Nos. 21 and 146; 1982 No. 249; 1983 Nos. 88 and 152; Act No. 54, 1983; Statutory Rules 1984 No. 321; 1985 Nos. 41 and 70; 1986 No. 127; 1987 No. 165; 1989 Nos. 55, 96 and 195; 1991 No. 443; 1992 No. 241; 1993 Nos. 81, 89, 197 and 217; 1994 Nos. 102, 257, 404 and 450; 1995 Nos. 24, 286, 375 and 440; 1996 Nos. 159 and 322; 1997 Nos. 286, 332 and 396; Act No. 159, 1997; Statutory Rules 1998 Nos. 67, 103 and 124; 2001 Nos. 276 and 277.
2.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 June 2002.