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Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging - Continuing Medical Education and Quality Assurance Programs) Approval 2000

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This approval officially recognises two specific training and quality-check programs for doctors who provide diagnostic imaging services (like X-rays and ultrasounds) under Medicare.

What it does

Gives formal approval to two professional development programs for doctors who interpret medical images
Lists the organisations allowed to provide these approved programs:
- Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine — offering the General Practitioner Radiology Program
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners — offering the Quality Assurance and Continuing Education Program

Why this matters Doctors who bill Medicare for diagnostic imaging must participate in ongoing education and quality assurance activities to maintain their provider status. This document formally approves these specific programs as meeting those legal requirements, ensuring GPs—particularly those in rural areas—can keep their credentials to provide scanning and imaging services.

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Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging - Continuing Medical Education and Quality Assurance Programs) Approval 2000

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Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging — Continuing Medical Education and Quality Assurance Programs) Approval 2000

I, MICHAEL RICHARD LEWIS WOOLDRIDGE, Minister for Health and Aged Care, make this Approval under subsection 23DSB (1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated 20 December 2000

M. WOOLDRIDGE

Minister for Health and Aged Care

1 Name of Approval

This Approval is the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging — Continuing Medical Education and Quality Assurance Programs) Approval 2000.

2 Commencement

This Approval commences on 1 January 2001.

3 Definition

In this Approval:

Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973.

4 Approval

For subsection 23DSB (1) of the Act, a program mentioned in Schedule 1 that is provided by the organisation mentioned in the Schedule in relation to the program is an approved program of continuing medical education and quality assurance in respect of providers of diagnostic imaging services.

Schedule 1 Approved programs

(section 4)

Item	Program	Provider
1	General Practitioner Radiology Program	Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
2	Quality Assurance and Continuing Education Program	Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

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