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Human Services (Medicare) Regulations 2017
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This item is authorised by the following title:
Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973
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F2026C00134 C05
10 February 2026
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
3 Authority
5 Definitions
6 Person affected by an emergency
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Part 3—Other prescribed functions
22 Other prescribed functions
23 Delegated functions
24 Prescription shoppers
25 Provision of emergency services
26 Lifetime health cover
27 Inappropriate practices
28 Provision of pharmaceutical benefits
29 Hearing services
30 Military compensation
31 Claims for treatment provided under certain legislation
32 Registration of sonographers
33 Mental health care by medical practitioners
34 National Bowel Cancer Screening Register
34A Identification numbers—preliminary
35 Identification numbers—allocation rules
35A Identification numbers—compliant applications
35B Identification numbers—suspending allocations
35C Identification numbers—lifting suspensions
35D Identification numbers—revoking allocations
35E Identification numbers—notifying decisions
35F Identification numbers—Chief Executive Medicare’s reconsideration of decisions
35G Identification numbers—Administrative Review Tribunal review of decisions
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Part 4—Miscellaneous
36 Prescribed period
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Part 5—Transitional provisions
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Division 1—Provisions relating to this instrument as made
37 Definitions
38 Things done by, or in relation to, the Chief Executive Medicare
39 Things started but not finished by the Chief Executive Medicare
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Division 2—Provisions relating to the Aged Care Legislation Consequential Amendments Regulations 2025
40 Things started but not finished under Part 2 before the commencement of the Aged Care Legislation Consequential Amendments Regulations 2025
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Division 3—Provisions relating to the Human Services (Medicare) Amendment (Allocation of Identification Numbers) Regulations 2026
41 Identification numbers
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history