1Health Insurance (Prescribed Pathology Services) Determination 2011

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Health Insurance (Prescribed Pathology Services) Determination 2011

I, NICOLA ROXON, Minister for Health and Ageing, make this Determination under section 4BB of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated 1st August 2011

NICOLA ROXON

Minister for Health and Ageing

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Health Insurance (Prescribed Pathology Services) Determination 2011.

2 Commencement and Revocation

This Determination is taken to have commenced on 1 November 2010 and revokes the Health Insurance (Prescribed Pathology Services) Determination 2000.

3 Definition

In this Determination:

Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973.

4 Prescribed pathology services

For paragraph 4BB (a) of the Act, a pathology service specified in an item in Group P9 of the pathology services table is a prescribed pathology service for the purposes of that Act.

5 Prescribed pathology services rendered by participating nurse practitioners

Subsection 16A (7A) of the Act applies to a pathology service mentioned in any of items 73828 to 73837 if the service is rendered by a participating nurse practitioner.

Note

Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.