34MRI and MRA services — eligible provider

34 MRI and MRA services — eligible provider

(1) For subrule 33 (1), an eligible provider, in relation to an MRI or MRA service performed with equipment to which rule 35 or paragraph 36 (a) applies, is a specialist in diagnostic radiology who is an eligible provider within the meaning of rule 30 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2000, as in force on 31 October 2001.

(2) For subrule 33 (1), an eligible provider, in relation to an MRI or MRA service performed with equipment to which paragraph 36 (b), (c) or (d) applies, is a specialist in diagnostic radiology who has satisfied the Medicare Australia CEO that he or she is a participant in the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists’ Quality and Accreditation Program.