4Definitions

4 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) Bonded Medical Program;
(b) bonded participant;
(c) course of study in medicine;
(d) general practitioner;
(e) medical practitioner;
(f) return of service obligation;
(g) specialist.

In this instrument:

Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973.

AHPRA means the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

BRoSS means the Bonded Return of Service System which is a web portal maintained by the Department for the purposes of the Bonded Medical Program.

eligible work: see subsection 8(3).

eligible location: see section 10.

fellow means either:

(a) a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; or
(b) a fellow of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine; or
(c) a fellow of a relevant organisation in relation to a specialty.

Note: See subsection 3D(5) of the Act for the definition of a relevant organisation.

full‑time basis: a bonded participant completes 1 week of their return of service obligation on a full‑time basis if they are engaged in eligible work for at least 35 hours or more in that week.

general registration means registration as a medical practitioner that is granted by the Medical Board of Australia to a graduate of a course of study in medicine who has successfully completed an internship.

intern has the same meaning as in subsection 19AA(5) of the Act.

internship means the period of medical work that is undertaken by an intern.

medical college means a college that is accredited by the Australian Medical Council.

MMM, with a number, means the area of that number in the Modified Monash Model, which is the geographical classification system managed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, that categorises metropolitan, regional, rural and remote areas according to geographical remoteness and town size. There are seven different MMM areas.

part‑time basis: a bonded participant completes 1 week of their return of service obligation on a part‑time basis, if they are engaged in eligible work for at least 20 hours, but less than 35 hours, in that week.