Health Insurance Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 2)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 84

I, PROFESSOR MARIE BASHIR, AC, CVO, Administrator 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 26 April 2006

MARIE BASHIR

Administrator

By Her Excellency’s Command

TONY ABBOTT

Minister for Health and Ageing

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Health Insurance Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 2).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 1 May 2006.

3 Amendment of Health Insurance Regulations 1975

  Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance Regulations 1975.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Paragraph 14 (2) (f)

substitute

 (f) professional services rendered for the purposes of, or in relation to:

 (i) the transplantation of a thoracic or abdominal organ, other than a kidney, or of part of an organ of that kind; or

 (ii) the transplantation of a kidney in conjunction with the transplantation of a thoracic or other abdominal organ, or of a part of an organ of that kind;

  if the services are rendered to a patient of a hospital;

 (g) professional services rendered for the purpose of administering microwave (UHF radiowave) cancer therapy, including the intravenous injection of drugs used immediately before or during the therapy.

[2] Schedule 6, item 7, column 3

omit

710, 712

insert

708, 710, 712, 714, 716

[3] Schedule 6, after item 14

insert

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