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Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 3)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 254

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated 22 November 2012

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

TANYA PLIBERSEK

Minister for Health

1 Name of regulation

  This regulation is the Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 3).

2 Commencement

  This regulation commences on 1 December 2012.

3 Amendment of Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Regulation 2012

  Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Regulation 2012.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(section 3)

 

[1] Schedule 1, Division 2.7, item 73332

substitute

73332

An in situ hybridization (ISH) test of tumour tissue from a patient with breast cancer requested by, or on the advice of, a specialist or consultant physician who manages the treatment of the patient to determine if the requirements relating to human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) gene amplification for access to trastuzumab under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) or the Herceptin Program are fulfilled

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Note

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