51Most general medical services and Group P9 pathology services—particulars of person rendering service

51 Most general medical services and Group P9 pathology services—particulars of person rendering service

(1) This section applies to a professional service that is specified: (a) in an item in the general medical services table, except items 12500 to 12533, 15900 to 15984 and 16003 to 16015; or (b) in an item in Group P9 of the pathology services table. (2) Subject to subsection (3), prescribed particulars are: (a) the name of the person who rendered the service and the address of the place of practice where the service was rendered; or (b) if the service was rendered at a place of practice for which the person rendering the service has been allocated a provider number—the provider number; or (c) if the service was not rendered at such a place of practice—the provider number allocated to the person for any place where the person practises; and a statement that the professional service was provided by that person. (3) If the service is rendered by a medical practitioner who is an overseas trained doctor or a foreign graduate of an accredited medical school (within the meaning of section 19AB of the Act), then: (a) the particulars mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) are prescribed; and (b) the particulars mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) or paragraph (2)(c), as the case requires, are also prescribed; and (c) a statement that the professional service was provided by the medical practitioner is a prescribed particular.