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Hearing Services Program (Voucher) Instrument 2019
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Department of Health and Aged Care
This item is authorised by the following title:
Hearing Services Administration Act 1997
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F2019L00969
09 July 2019
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28 June 2020
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Repeals
4 Authority
5 Definitions
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Part 2—Additional eligible persons
6 Additional eligible persons
7 Dependants
8 NDIS participants up to 1 July 2020
9 Department of Veterans’ Affairs clients
10 Disability Employment Services clients
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Part 3—Voucher rules
11 Voucher rules
12 Applying for a voucher
13 Issuing a voucher
14 Effect of issuing a voucher
15 A voucher-holder is a participant in the voucher system
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Part 4—Accreditation scheme
16 Accreditation scheme
17 Application for accreditation
18 Australian Hearing Services
19 Decisions by the Minister
20 Breaches to be reported
21 Accreditation only effective while an agreement under section 20 of the Act is in force
22 Minister may approve the transfer of accreditation
23 Register
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Part 5—Rules of conduct
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Division 5.1—Preliminary
24 Rules of conduct
Division 5.2—Information
25 Obligation to provide information to potential voucher-holders and voucher-holders
26 Records
27 Access to information
28 Requirement to disclose device supply arrangements
29 Power to require information
30 Obligation to inform service provider personnel
Division 5.3—Service management
31 Limit on subcontracting
32 False or misleading representations
33 Complaints
34 Hearing services not to be refused to voucher holders
35 Voucher holders relocating between contracted service providers
36 Notification of closure or transfer of business
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Part 6—Services
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Division 6.1—Services to be delivered by qualified practitioners
37 Qualified practitioner number
38 Responsibilities of contracted service providers
39 Professional standards
40 Minister authorised to obtain and disclose certain information
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Division 6.2—Available services
41 Schedule of service items and fees
42 Hearing services
43 Approval of additional hearing services
44 Approved hearing devices
45 Choice of hearing device
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Division 6.3—Additional requirements
46 Supply of devices
47 Additional requirements where minimum hearing loss threshold not met
48 Replacement hearing devices
49 Delivery of private services or devices
50 Specialist Hearing Services
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Part 7— Fees and charges
51 Contracted service providers may accept and charge certain fees only
52 Charges for partially subsidised devices
53 Charges for device replacement and maintenance
54 Indexation of fees
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Part 8—Transitional
55 Transitional arrangements