27Nuclear scanning services — other than PET

27 Nuclear scanning services — other than PET

Items 61302 to 61505 and item 61650 apply only if:

(a) the performance of the service does not involve the use of positron‑emission radio‑isotopes or a PET scanner; and

(b) the service is performed:

(i) by a specialist or consultant physician whose name is included in a register, given to the Medicare Australia CEO by the JNMCAC, of participants in the Joint Nuclear Medicine Specialist Credentialling Program of the JNMCAC; or

(ii) by a person acting on behalf of a specialist or consultant physician mentioned in subparagraph (i); and

(c) the final report of the service is compiled by the specialist or consultant physician who performed the preliminary examination of the patient and the estimation and administration of the dosage of radiopharmaceuticals.