77Application of items 10990 and 10991

77 Application of items 10990 and 10991

(1) If the medical service described in item 10991 is provided to a person, either that item or 10990, but not both those items, applies to the service.

(1A) If item 10990 or 10991 applies to a medical service, the fee specified in that item applies in addition to the fee specified in any other item in this table that applies to the service.

(2) For items 10990 and 10991:

bulk-billed, in relation to a medical service, means:

(a) a medicare benefit is payable to a person in respect of the service; and

(b) under an agreement entered into under section 20A of the Act:

(i) the person assigns to the medical practitioner by whom, or on whose behalf, the service is provided, his or her right to the payment of the medicare benefit; and

(ii) the medical practitioner accepts the assignment in full payment of his or her fee for the service provided.

Commonwealth concession card holder means a person who is a concessional beneficiary within the meaning given by subsection 84 (1) of the National Health Act 1953.

unreferred service means a medical service provided to a person by, or on behalf of, a medical practitioner, being a service that has not been referred to that practitioner by another medical practitioner or person with referring rights.

(3) For item 10991:

ASGC means the document titled Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2002, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 1 July 2002.

practice location, in relation to the provision of a medical service, means the place of practice in respect of which the medical practitioner by whom, or on whose behalf, the service is provided, has been allocated a provider number by the Commission.

regional, rural or remote area means an area classified as RRMAs 3-7 under the Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas Classification.

Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas Classification has the meaning given by subrule 3 (1) of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this table.

SLA means a Statistical Local Area specified in the ASGC.

SSD means a Statistical Subdivision specified in the ASGC.