5Application to participate in the Scheme

5 Application to participate in the Scheme

(1) A person may apply to the Chief Executive Medicare to participate in this Scheme. (2) The Chief Executive Medicare must approve a person to participate in this Scheme if: (a) the applicant meets the eligibility criteria; and (b) the application is made on the approved form; and (c) the application: (i) includes a statement prepared and signed by a health professional certifying that the applicant has been diagnosed by a doctor with an eligible neurological condition or eligible other condition, as the case may be, which has caused permanent and severe incontinence; and

Note: Health professional is defined in subsection 3(1).

(ii) includes any other document or information required by the approved form.

Note: Section 14 of the Amendment Act provides that if an application is refused the Chief Executive Medicare must give the applicant a signed notice that includes the reasons for the decision and advising that the person may apply to the Chief Executive Medicare for a review of the decision. The application for review of the decision is dealt with in section 24 of this Scheme.

(3) If a person has provided a completed application, in the approved form, to the Chief Executive Medicare before this Scheme commences, the application is taken to have been made under this section on the day this Scheme commences.