17Medicare benefits not payable in respect of certain medical expenses

#### 17 Medicare benefits not payable in respect of certain medical expenses (1) A medicare benefit is not payable in respect of a professional service if: (a) the medical expenses in respect of that service have been paid, or are payable, to a recognized hospital; (b) the medical practitioner who rendered the service was acting on behalf of an organization that was, when the service was rendered, an organization prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph; (c) any part of the service was rendered on the premises of an organization that was, when the service was rendered, an organization referred to in paragraph (b); or (d) any amount has been paid, or is payable, in respect of the service in accordance with a scheme to which section 42B applies.