1Interpretation of table

1 Interpretation of table

(1) In this table:

item means:

(a) an item mentioned, by number, in column 1 of:

(i) Part 3; or

(ii) Part 3 of the diagnostic imaging services table; or

(iii) Part 3 of the general medical services table; and

(b) in a reference immediately followed by a number — the item so numbered.

patient episode means:

(a) a pathology service or pathology services (other than a pathology service to which paragraph (b) refers) provided for a single patient whose need for the service or services was determined under section 16A of the Act:

(i) on the same day; or

(ii) if more than 1 test is performed on the 1 specimen within 14 days — on the same or different days;

whether the services:

(iii) are requested by 1 or more practitioners; or

(iv) are described in a single item or in more than 1 item; or

(v) are rendered by 1 approved pathology practitioner or more than 1 approved pathology practitioner; or

(vi) are rendered on the same or different days; or

(b) a pathology service to which rule 4 refers that is provided in the circumstances set out in that rule that relate to the service.

receiving APP, for a patient episode, means an approved pathology practitioner in an approved pathology authority who:

(a) receives a request from a referring APP to render a designated test or tests; and

(b) renders each test included in the designated test that the referring APP has not performed.

recognised pathologist means:

(a) a medical practitioner recognised as a specialist in pathology under subsection 3D (1) of the Act; or

(b) a medical practitioner in relation to whom there is in force a determination under paragraph 3DB (4) (a) or subsection 3E (1) of the Act that the practitioner is recognised as a specialist in pathology.

referring APP, for a patient episode, means an approved pathology practitioner in an approved pathology authority who:

(a) has been requested to render 1 or more designated tests; and

(b) is unable, because of the lack of facilities in, or expertise or experience of the staff of, the laboratory of the authority, to render 1 or more of the tests included in the designated test; and

(c) requests a receiving APP in another approved pathology authority to render: