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Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories - Approval) Principles 2002
17Allocation of categories
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17 Allocation of categories
(1) The categories of accreditation of pathology laboratories for the purposes of section 23DN of the Act and the criteria applicable to each of those categories are set out in the following table:
| Category | Criteria |
|---|---|
| Category GX (General) | premises comprising a laboratory, or a number of co‑located laboratories, performing services in 1 or more groups of pathology:(a) under the direction, control and full‑time supervision of a pathologist, or senior scientist, who is expert in the group, or groups, concerned; and(b) at which the number of working pathologists (whether full‑time or part‑time) is equivalent to more than 2 full‑time pathologists; |
| Category GY (General) | premises comprising a laboratory, or a number of co‑located laboratories, performing services in 1 or more groups of pathology:(a) under the direction, control and full‑time supervision of a pathologist, or senior scientist, who is expert in the group, or groups, concerned; and(b) at which the number of working pathologists (whether full‑time or part‑time) is equivalent to not more than 2 full‑time pathologists; |
| Category B (Branch) | premises comprising a laboratory performing services in 1 or more groups of pathology, being a laboratory related, by appropriate arrangement, to an accredited pathology laboratory of category GX or GY, as:(a) a branch, integral (except in its location) with the category GX or GY laboratory; or(b) a member of participating laboratories in a regional pathology service;operating under:(c) the direction and control of a pathologist, or senior scientist, who is expert in the group, or groups, concerned; and(d) the supervision of at least a scientist, who is expert in the group, or groups, concerned; |
| Category M (Medical) | premises comprising a laboratory performing a limited range of pathology services under the direction, control and supervision of a medical practitioner, being services only for the patients of the medical practice operated by, or that employs, the medical practitioner, where the medical practice is collocated with the laboratory; |
| Category S (Specialised) | premises comprising a laboratory performing a limited range of pathology tests under the supervision of a person with special qualifications or skills in the field of those tests, that are tests:(a) performed for a particular target population or are of a specialised nature; and(b) are performed in the field of those special qualifications or skills. |