Health Insurance (Professional Services Review) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 199
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 27 July 2006
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
TONY ABBOTT
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Health Insurance (Professional Services Review) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.
3 Amendment of Health Insurance (Professional Services Review) Regulations 1999
Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (Professional Services Review) Regulations 1999.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(regulation 3)
[1] Regulation 7, definition of professional attendance
substitute
professional attendance means a service of a kind mentioned in group A1, A2, A5, A6, A7, A9, A11, A13, A14, A15, A16, A17, A18, A19, A20, A21, A22 or A23 of Part 3 of the general medical services table.
[2] After regulation 11
insert
Part 4 Appropriate regulatory and other bodies for referral of professional issues
12 Appropriate body for non‑compliance with professional standards
(1) For paragraph 106XB (3) (a) of the Act, the appropriate body is a body specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1 that, in the State or Territory in which the general practitioner practises his or her practice:
(a) is responsible for registering or licensing general practitioners or for regulating the practice of the profession; and
(b) has the power to take action against the general practitioner in relation to the practitioner’s failure to comply with professional standards.
(2) For paragraph 106XB (3) (b) of the Act, the appropriate body is a body specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 2 that, in the State or Territory in which the practitioner (being a practitioner other than a general practitioner) practises his or her practice or specialty:
(a) is responsible for registering or licensing practitioners for practice in the profession or specialty to which the practitioner belongs or for regulating the practice of that profession or specialty; and
(b) has the power to take action against the practitioner in relation to the practitioner’s failure to comply with professional standards.
Schedule 1 Regulatory and other bodies to which non-compliance by general practitioner may be referred
(subregulation 12 (1))
Item | Body |
1 | New South Wales Medical Board Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria Medical Board of Queensland Medical Board of Western Australia Medical Board of South Australia Medical Council of Tasmania Medical Board of the Australian Capital Territory Medical Board of the Northern Territory |
2 | General Practice Recognition Appeal Committee General Practice Recognition Eligibility Committee Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
3 | Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited Quality Practice Accreditation Pty Ltd |
Schedule 2 Regulatory and other bodies to which non-compliance by practitioner other than a general practitioner may be referred
(subregulation 12 (2))
Item | Body |
1 | New South Wales Medical Board Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria Medical Board of Queensland Medical Board of Western Australia Medical Board of South Australia Medical Council of Tasmania Medical Board of the Australian Capital Territory Medical Board of the Northern Territory |
2 | Chiropractors Registration Board of New South Wales Osteopaths Registration Board of New South Wales Chiropractors Registration Board of Victoria Osteopaths Registration Board of Victoria Chiropractors Board of Queensland Osteopaths Board of Queensland Chiropractors Registration Board of Western Australia Osteopaths Registration Board of Western Australia Chiropractors Board of South Australia Chiropractors and Osteopaths Registration Board of Tasmania Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board of the Australian Capital Territory Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board of the Northern Territory |
3 | Dental Board of New South Wales Dental Practice Board of Victoria Dental Board of Queensland Dental Board of Western Australia Dental Board of South Australia Dental Board of Tasmania Dental Board of the Australian Capital Territory Dental Board of the Northern Territory |
4 | Optometrists Registration Board of New South Wales Optometrists Registration Board of Victoria Optometrists Board of Queensland Optometrists Registration Board of Western Australia Optometrists Board of South Australia Optometrists Registration Board of Tasmania Optometrists Board of the Australian Capital Territory Optometrists Board of the Northern Territory |
5 | Physiotherapists Registration Board of New South Wales Physiotherapists Registration Board of Victoria Physiotherapists Board of Queensland Physiotherapists Registration Board of Western Australia Physiotherapists Board of South Australia Physiotherapists Registration Board of Tasmania Physiotherapists Board of the Australian Capital Territory Physiotherapists Registration Board of the Northern Territory |
6 | Podiatrists Registration Board of New South Wales Podiatrists Registration Board of Victoria Podiatrists Board of Queensland Podiatrists Registration Board of Western Australia Podiatry Board of South Australia Podiatrists Registration Board of Tasmania Podiatrists Board of the Australian Capital Territory |
7 | Medicare Australia |
Note
1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.