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Schedule Sch 1 - Health Insurance (Allied Health Services) Determination 2009 (No. 2) - Qualification requirements for allied health professionals | Zoe

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Health Insurance (Allied Health Services) Determination 2009 (No. 2)

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Schedule 1 Qualification requirements for allied health professionals

(section 4)

1	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health serviceA person is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health service if:(a) for a person who provides an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health service in a State or Territory other than the Northern Territory — the person has been awarded a Certificate III in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (or an equivalent or higher qualification) by a registered training organisation that meets the training standards set by the Australian National Training Authority’s Australian Quality Training Framework; or(b) for a person who provides an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health service in the Northern Territory — the person is registered under the Health Practitioners Act (NT).
2	Audiology health serviceA person is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of an audiology health service if the person is:(a) a Full Member of the Audiological Society of Australia and the holder of a Certificate of Clinical Practice issued by that Society; or(b) an Ordinary Member — Audiologist, or a Fellow Audiologist, of the Australian College of Audiology.
3	Chiropractic health serviceA person is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a chiropractic health service if the person is registered as a person who may provide that kind of service under the applicable law in force in the State or Territory in which the service is provided.
4	Diabetes education health serviceA person is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a diabetes education health service if the person is credentialled by the Australian Diabetes Educators Association as a ‘Credentialled Diabetes Educator’.
5	Dietetics health serviceA person is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a dietetics health service if the person is accredited by the Dietitians Association of Australia as an ‘Accredited Practising Dietitian’.
6	Exercise physiology health serviceA person is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of an exercise physiology health service if the person is accredited by the Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science as an ‘Accredited Exercise Physiologist’.
7	Focussed psychological strategies health serviceA person is an allied health professional in relation to the provision of a focussed psychological strategies health service if the person meets one of the following requirements:(a) the person is a psychologist who is registered without limitation as a person who may provide that kind of service under the applicable law in force in the State or Territory in which the service is provided;(b) the person is a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and certified by AASW as meeting the standards for mental health set out in the document published by AASW titled ‘Practice Standards for Mental Health Social Workers’, as in force on 8 November 2008;(c) the person:(i) is a Full‑time Member, or a Part‑time Member, of OT Australia; and(ii) is, for a person who provides a focussed psychological strategies health service in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia or the Northern Territory, registered as a person who may provide that kind of service under the applicable law in force in the State or Territory in which the service is provided; and(iii) has a minimum of 2 years experience in mental health; and(iv) has given an undertaking to OT Australia to observe the standards set out in the document published by OT Australia titled ‘Australian Competency Standards for Occupational Therapists in Mental Health’, as in force on 1 November 2006.