Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2004

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Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

This item is authorised by the following title:

Health Insurance Act 1973

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F2004B00350

29 October 2004 - 31 December 2004

This instrument was backcaptured in accordance with Section 36 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003

Table of contents

1 Name of Regulations
2 Commencement
3 Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2003 — repeal
4 Definitions
5 General medical services table
- Schedule 1 Table of general medical services
- Part 1 Prescription of table
1 Prescription of table
- Part 2 Rules of interpretation
2 Application of table
3 General
4 Meaning of symbols (S) and (G)
5 Meaning of symbol (H)
6 Meaning of single course of treatment in certain circumstances
7 Meaning of professional attendance in certain items
8 Interpretation of items 104 to 131 and 300 to 388
9 Meaning of amount under rule 9 in certain items
10 Items 10809 and 10929 not to apply in certain circumstances
11 Personal attendance by medical practitioners generally
12 Personal attendance by certain medical practitioners
13 Certain services may be provided by persons other than medical practitioners
14 Conditions under which certain services to be provided
15 Application of items 1 to 10941
16 Application of items 51700 to 53706
17 Meaning of amount under rule 17 in certain items
18 Meaning of amount under rule 18 in certain items
19 Cleft lip and cleft palate services
20 Meaning of (AD) in Group C2 — Oral and maxillofacial surgical services and Group C3 — General and prosthodontic services
21 Orthodontic services
22 Oral surgery services
23 Meaning of report in Group D1 — Miscellaneous diagnostic procedures and investigations
24 Meaning of treatment cycle of a patient
25 Items provided as part of treatment cycle relating to assisted reproductive services not to apply
26 Items relating to assisted reproductive services not to apply in certain pregnancy-related circumstances
27 Meaning of embryology laboratory services in items 13200 and 13206
28 Meaning of delivery in certain items
29 Meaning of maxilla in certain items
30 Items 46300 to 46534 apply only in certain circumstances
31 Assistance at operations
32 Meaning of amount under rule 32 in items 51303 and 51803
33 Meaning of amount under rule 33 in item 51309
34 Meaning of amount under rule 34 in items 18219 and 18227
35 Histopathological proof of malignancy in certain cases for purposes of certain items relating to surgical procedures
36 Meaning of amount under rule 36 in items 16633 and 16636
37 Meaning of amount under rule 37 in item 51312
38 Meaning of amount under rule 38 in item 31340
39 Meaning of previous significant surgical complication in item 51318
40 Meaning of amount under rule 40 in item 30001
41 Consultant occupational physicians
42 Meaning of qualified sleep medicine practitioner
43 Public health physicians
44 Application of items in Group A14 to certain patients only
45 Application of items in Group A15 to certain patients only
46 Meaning of health assessment
47 Meaning of adult health check in item 710
48 Meaning of comprehensive medical assessment in item 712
49 Meaning of multidisciplinary care plan
50 Meaning of multidisciplinary care plan team
51 Meaning of multidisciplinary discharge care plan
52 Meaning of review of a multidisciplinary care plan
53 Meaning of contribution to a plan
54 Meaning of multidisciplinary case conference
55 Meaning of multidisciplinary discharge case conference
56 Meaning of multidisciplinary case conference in a residential aged care facility
57 Meaning of multidisciplinary case conference team
58 Meaning of organise and co-ordinate in a multidisciplinary case conference and participation in a multidisciplinary case conference
59 Meaning of living in a community setting in item 900
60 Meaning of residential medication management review in item 903
61 Meaning of amount under rule 61 in certain items
62 Application of Subgroup 2 of Group A18 and Subgroup 2 of Group A19
63 Application of Subgroup 3 of Group A18 and Subgroup 3 of Group A19
64 Meaning of approved site in items 15338 and 37220
65 Group T10 applies only in connection with certain services
66 Services specified in Subgroups 21 to 25 of Group T10
67 Meaning of service time in Subgroups 21, 24, 25 and 26 of Group T10
68 Application of Subgroup 21 of Group T10
69 Application of Subgroups 22 and 23 of Group T10
70 Meaning of amount under rule 70 in items 25025, 25030 and 25050
71 Application of Subgroups 24 and 25 of Group T10
72 Meaning of complex paediatric case in item 25205
73 Meaning of amount under rule 73 in items 25200 and 25205
74 Restriction of telepsychiatry consultations to rural and remote areas
75 Meaning of recognised emergency department and problem focussed history in Group A21
76 Prolonged attendances by emergency physicians
77 Application of Subgroup 4 of Group A18 and Subgroup 4 of Group A19
78 Focussed psychological strategies
79 Meaning of qualified surgeon in items 31539 and 31545
80 Meaning of qualified radiologist in item 31542
81 Injection of botulinum toxin
82 Meaning of qualified medical acupuncturist in items 193, 195, 197 and 199
83 Application of items 10990 and 10991
84 Application of item 10993
85 Application of item 10996
- Part 3 Services and fees
- Part 4 Non-medicare services

Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2004

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