69Offences in relation to request forms—branded pathology request forms

69 Offences in relation to request forms—branded pathology request forms

(1) For the purposes of subsection 23DP(3) of the Act, this section applies to a pathology request form that includes: (a) the registered name or trading name of: (i) if the form is provided by an approved pathology authority—the approved pathology authority; or (ii) if the form is provided by an approved pathology practitioner—an approved pathology authority that employs or engages the approved pathology practitioner; and (b) the location of one or more specimen collection centres. (2) The pathology request form must include a statement that informs a person in relation to whom a pathology service is requested that: (a) the request may be taken to a pathology provider of the person’s choice; and (b) if the person’s treating practitioner has specified an approved pathology practitioner on clinical grounds, a medicare benefit will be payable only if the service is conducted by that practitioner. (3) In this section:

pathology provider means:

(a) a person who renders pathology services; or
(b) a person who carries on the business of rendering pathology services; or
(c) a person who employs, or engages under a contract of service, a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).