51AMeaning of team care arrangements

51A Meaning of team care arrangements (1) For item 723, co‑ordinating the development of team care arrangements means a process by which the medical practitioner: (a) in consultation with at least 2 collaborating providers, each of whom provides a different kind of treatment or service, and 1 of whom may be another medical practitioner — makes arrangements for the multidisciplinary care of the patient; and (b) prepares a document that describes all of the matters specified in subrule (2); and (c) undertakes all of the activities specified in subrule (3). (2) The matters to be described for paragraph (1) (b) are: (a) treatment and service goals for the patient; and (b) treatment and services that collaborating providers will provide to the patient; and (c) actions to be taken by the patient; and (d) arrangements to review the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) by a day specified in the document. (3) The activities to be undertaken for paragraph (1) (c) are: (a) explaining the steps involved in the development of the arrangements to the patient and the patient’s carer (if any, and if the practitioner considers it appropriate and the patient agrees); and (b) discussing with the patient the collaborating providers who will contribute to the development of the team care arrangements, and provide treatment and services to the patient under those arrangements; and (c) recording the patient’s agreement to the development of team care arrangements; and (d) giving copies of the relevant parts of the document to the collaborating providers; and (e) offering a copy of the document to the patient and the patient’s carer (if any, and if the practitioner considers it appropriate and the patient agrees); and (f) adding a copy of the document to the patient’s medical records. (4) In this rule: > collaborating provider is a person who: (a) provides treatment or a service to a patient; and (b) is not a family carer of the patient.