Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2006

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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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F2007C00633

01 September 2007 - 31 October 2007

Table of contents

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
2 Commencement
3 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)
5A Meaning of a patient’s medical condition requires urgent treatment and responsible person in certain items
5B Application of items 2, 98, 448, 449, 602 and 698
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, 291 to 388, 2801 to 2840, 3005 to 3028, 6007 to 6015, 17640, 17645, 17650 and 17655
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
12AA Health checks of 45-49 year olds — item 717
12A Service by certain medical practitioners — items 729 to 866
13 Certain services may be provided by persons other than medical practitioners
14 Group T8 services may be provided by a specialist trainee
15 Application of items 1 to 10943
15AA Application of item 35321
15A Application of items 5000 to 5267
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
45A Limitation on items 721, 723, 725, 727, 729 and 731
46 Meaning of health assessment in items 700, 702, 704 and 706
46A Meaning of child health check in item 708
47 Meaning of adult health check in item 710
48 Meaning of comprehensive medical assessment in item 712
48A Meaning of health assessment in items 714 and 716
48B Meaning of humanitarian visa holder in items 714 and 716
49A Meaning of GP management plan
51 Meaning of multidisciplinary discharge care plan
51A Meaning of team care arrangements
51B Meaning of associated medical practitioner
52A Meaning of review of plans
53A Meaning of co-ordinate a review of team care arrangements or of a multidisciplinary care plan
53B Meaning of contribute to a multidisciplinary care plan for items 729 and 731
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
58A Meaning of co-ordinate in item 880
58B Meaning of case conference team in item 880
58C Application of item 880
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
63A Application of Group A24
63AA Meaning of outer metropolitan area and outer metropolitan specialist trainee in items 5906, 5908, 5910 and 5912
63B Application of items 14227, 14230, 14233, 14236, 14239 and 14242
64 Meaning of approved site in items 15338 and 37220
64A Injection of infliximab
64B Meaning of expressions used in rule 64C and item 16400
64C Application of item 16400
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
76A Meaning of expressions used in rules 77A to 78 and Group A20
77A GP Mental Health Care Plans (Subgroup 1 of Group A20)
77B Application of items in Subgroup 1 of Group A20
78 Focussed psychological strategies
78A Item 4001
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
82A Application of item 10988
82B Application of item 10989
83 Application of items 10990, 10991 and 10992
84 Application of item 10993
84A Application of items 10994 and 10995
85 Application of item 10996
86 Application of items 10998 and 10999
87 Meaning of foreign body in items 35360 to 35363
87A Application of items 35404, 35406 and 35408
88 Limitation on certain items
89 Application of items 30440, 30451, 30492 and 30495
90 Application of items 10900, 10940 and 10941
91 Application of items 10931, 10932 and 10933
92 Limitation of items 10943, 16590, 18360, 18364 and 50303
93 Application of items 30299 and 30300
94 Application of items 15556, 15559 and 15562
95 Application of items 38365, 38368 and 38654
96 Application of items 38470 to 38766
97 Application of items 2497, 2501, 2503, 2504, 2506, 2507, 2509, 2598, 2600, 2603, 2606, 2610, 2613, 2616
98 Application of item 35412
- Part 3 Services and fees
- Part 4 Non-medicare services
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