{"id":"F2015L00035","name":"Health Insurance (Midwife and Nurse Practitioner) Amendment Determination 2015","slug":"health-insurance-midwife-and-nurse-practitioner-amendment-determination-2015","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":92591,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L00035-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Health Insurance (Midwife and Nurse Practitioner) Amendment Determination 2015","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nHealth Insurance (Midwife and Nurse Practitioner) Amendment Determination 2015\n\nHealth Insurance Act 1973\n\nI, KIRSTY FAICHNEY, delegate of the Minister for Health, make this Determination under subsection 3C (1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.\n\nDated 7 January 2015\n\nKIRSTY FAICHNEY\n\nACTING FIRST ASSISTANT SECRETARY\n\nMEDICAL BENEFITS DIVISION\n\nContents\n\n1 Name of Determination.............................1\n\n2 Commencement..................................1\n\n3 Authoritty......................................1\n\n4 Schedules......................................1\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments 2\n\nHealth Insurance (Midwife and Nurse Practitioner) Determination 2011 2\n\n1 Name of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the Health Insurance (Midwife and Nurse Practitioner) Amendment Determination 2015.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Determination commences on 19 January 2015.\n\n3 Authority\n\nThis Determination is made under the Health Insurance Act 1973.\n\n4 Schedules\n\nEach instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n  \n\nSchedule 1 Amendments\n\nHealth Insurance (Midwife and Nurse Practitioner) Determination 2011\n\n1 Schedule 2, Part 2 (item number 82200, column headed “Service”)\n\nAfter practitioner, insert “lasting less than 10 minutes in duration”.\n\n2 Schedule 2, Part 2 (item number 82205, column headed “Service”)\n\nAfter “lasting”, insert “at least 10 minutes and”.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1489},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a technical clarification that adds duration thresholds to existing service items. It does not expand the scope beyond the original purpose of specifying Medicare rebate criteria for midwife and nurse practitioner consultations."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative amendments (both to Schedule 2)","No new defined terms or interpretation sections","Simple textual insertions without nested conditions or exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing (only to existing item numbers in the Principal Determination)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination updates the Medicare rebate rules for midwives and nurse practitioners by adding specific time limits to distinguish between two consultation types:\n\n- **Brief consultations (Item 82200)**: Now explicitly covers appointments lasting **less than 10 minutes**\n- **Standard consultations (Item 82205)**: Now explicitly covers appointments lasting **at least 10 minutes**\n\nThese changes clarify which rebate amount applies based on how long the appointment takes, ensuring the correct Medicare benefit is paid depending on the duration of care provided."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/health-insurance-midwife-and-nurse-practitioner-amendment-determination-2015","history":"/api/acts/health-insurance-midwife-and-nurse-practitioner-amendment-determination-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/health-insurance-midwife-and-nurse-practitioner-amendment-determination-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/health-insurance-midwife-and-nurse-practitioner-amendment-determination-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/health-insurance-midwife-and-nurse-practitioner-amendment-determination-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/health-insurance-midwife-and-nurse-practitioner-amendment-determination-2015/documents"}}