83Application of items 10990, 10991 and 10992

83 Application of items 10990, 10991 and 10992 (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 the medical service described in item 10992 is provided to a person, either that item or 10990, but not both those items, applies to the service. (2) If item 10990, 10991 or 10992 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. (3) For items 10990, 10991 and 10992: > 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. (4) For items 10991 and 10992: > 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. > eligible area means: (a) a regional, rural or remote area; or (b) Tasmania; or (c) a geographical area included in any of the following SSD spatial units: (i) Beaudesert Shire Part A; (ii) Belconnen; (iii) Darwin City; (iv) Eastern Outer Melbourne; (v) East Metropolitan; (vi) Frankston City; (vii) Gosford‑Wyong; (viii) Greater Geelong City Part A; (ix) Gungahlin‑Hall; (x) Ipswich City (Part in BSD); (xi) Litchfield Shire; (xii) Melton‑Wyndham; (xiii) Mornington Peninsula Shire; (xiv) Newcastle; (xv) North Canberra; (xvi) Palmerston‑East Arm; (xvii) Pine Rivers Shire; (xviii) Queanbeyan; (xix) South Canberra; (xx) South Eastern Outer Melbourne; (xxi) Southern Adelaide; (xxii) South West Metropolitan; (xxiii) Thuringowa City Part A; (xxiv) Townsville City Part A; (xxv) Tuggeranong; (xxvi) Weston Creek‑Stromlo; (xxvii) Woden Valley; (xxviii) Yarra Ranges Shire Part A; or (d) the geographical area included in the SLA spatial unit of Palm Island (AC). > 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 Medicare Australia CEO. > regional, rural or remote area means an area classified as RRMAs 3‑7 under the Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas Classification. > SLA means a Statistical Local Area specified in the ASGC. > SSD means a Statistical Subdivision specified in the ASGC.