allied health professional, for the provision of an allied health service, means a person:
(a) who meets the qualification requirements set out in Schedule 1 for the provision of the service; and
(b) whose name is entered in the register, kept by the Medicare Australia CEO, of allied health professionals who are qualified to provide a service of that kind.
allied health service means a health service of a kind prescribed by regulation 3A of the Health Insurance Regulations 1975 that is specified in an item in Schedule 2.
course of treatment means:
(a) for psychological therapy and focussed psychological strategies — up to 6 services provided, on referral by a medical practitioner, by any of the following persons:
(i) an eligible clinical psychologist;
(ii) an eligible psychologist;
(iii) an eligible occupational therapist;
(iv) an eligible social worker; and
(b) for pervasive developmental disorder services — up to 10 services provided, on referral by a consultant physician specialising in the practice of his or her field of psychiatry or paediatrics, by any of the following persons:
(i) an eligible psychologist;
(ii) an eligible speech pathologist;
(iii) an eligible occupational therapist.
eligible Aboriginal health worker means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander health service.
eligible audiologist means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of an audiology health service.
eligible chiropractor means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a chiropractic health service.
eligible clinical psychologist means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a psychological therapy health service.
eligible diabetes educator means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a diabetes education health service.
eligible dietitian means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a dietetics health service.
eligible exercise physiologist means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of an exercise physiology service.
eligible mental health nurse means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a non‑directive pregnancy support counselling health service.
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eligible mental health worker means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a mental health service.
eligible occupational therapist means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of one or both of the following:
(b) an occupational therapy health service.
eligible osteopath means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of an osteopathy health service.
eligible physiotherapist means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a physiotherapy health service.
eligible podiatrist means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a podiatry health service.
eligible psychologist means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of one or more of the following:
(b) a non‑directive pregnancy support counselling health service;
(c) a psychology health service.
eligible social worker means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of one or both of the following:
(b) a non‑directive pregnancy support counselling health service.
eligible speech pathologist means a person who is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a speech pathology health service.
enhanced primary care multidisciplinary care plan, for a patient, means:
(a) a multidisciplinary care plan for the patient, to which item 731 of the general medical services table applies; or
(b) a multidisciplinary community care plan for the patient, to which item 720 of a relevant repealed general medical services table applied; or
(c) a multidisciplinary discharge care plan for the patient, to which item 722 of a relevant repealed general medical services table applied; or
(d) a multidisciplinary care plan for the patient, to which item 730 of a relevant repealed general medical services table applied.
EPC plan, for a patient, means:
(a) an enhanced primary care multidisciplinary care plan for the patient; or
(b) a care plan for the patient comprising:
(i) a GP management plan to which item 721 of the general medical services table applies; and
(ii) team care arrangements to which item 723 of the general medical services table applies.
focussed psychological strategies means any of the following mental health care management strategies, each of which has been derived from evidence‑ based psychological therapies:
(a) psycho‑education;
(b) cognitive‑behavioural therapy that involves cognitive or behavioural interventions;
(c) relaxation strategies;
(d) skills training;
(e) interpersonal therapy;
(f) narrative therapy (for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people).
GP management plan, for a patient, means a GP management plan to which item 721 or 725 of the general medical services table applies.
GP Mental Health Care Plan, for a patient, means a GP Mental Health Care Plan for the patient to which item 2710 of the general medical services table applies.
multidisciplinary care plan, for a patient, means a multidisciplinary care plan to which item 731 of the general medical services table applies.
non‑directive pregnancy support counselling has the meaning given in subsection (2).
OT Australia means the national body of the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists.
PDD treatment and management plan, for a patient, means a plan for the treatment and management of the patient’s pervasive developmental disorder to which item 135 or 289 of the general medical services table applies.
relevant provisions means all provisions, relating to professional services or to medical services, of the Act and regulations made under the Act, and the National Health Act 1953 and regulations under that Act.
relevant repealed general medical services table means the table prescribed by any of the following Regulations:
(a) the Health Insurance (1999–2000 General Medical Services Table) Regulations 1999 as in force immediately before 1 November 2000;
(b) the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2000 as in force immediately before 1 November 2001;
(c) the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2001 as in force immediately before 1 November 2002;
(d) the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2002 as in force immediately before 1 November 2003;
(e) the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2003 as in force immediately before 1 November 2004;
(f) the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2004 as in force immediately before 1 November 2005.
Note The following terms are defined in subsection 3 (1) of the Act:
dental practitioner
general medical services table
medical practitioner
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professional service.
(2) A reference in this Determination to non‑directive pregnancy support counselling is a reference to counselling provided to a woman by a health professional in which:
(a) information and issues relating to pregnancy are discussed; but
(b) the health professional does not impose his or her views or values about what the woman should or should not do in relation to the pregnancy.