23DXAGrant of remote area exemption—stationing diagnostic imaging equipment and employees at the premises of another practitioner

23DXA Grant of remote area exemption—stationing diagnostic imaging equipment and employees at the premises of another practitioner

The Minister must, by written notice given to the applicant, grant a remote area exemption under this section to the applicant to station diagnostic imaging equipment or an employee at premises specified in the application if the Minister is satisfied that: (a) the application is in the form approved by the Minister; and (b) those premises are in an area that is a remote area for the purposes of this Division; and (c) the facilities for rendering diagnostic imaging services in that area (including facilities provided by practitioners visiting the area regularly and facilities provided by practitioners to whom a remote area exemption has been granted under section 23DX) are such that patients in the area would suffer physical or financial hardship if the exemption were not granted.