7Restriction on items — services connected with provision of PET nuclear scanning during Gallium-67 interruptions

7 Restriction on items – services connected with provision of PET nuclear scanning during Gallium-67 interruptions

(1) An item in Schedule 1 of this instrument only applies to a service described in the item, if:

(a) the patient’s clinical condition requires the service to be performed before the resumption of normal gallium-67 (Ga-67) supply is anticipated by the practitioner who provides the service; and

(b) the report of the service performed includes a justification for the substitute service, which describes the unavailability of a service to which item 61429, 61430, 61442, 61450 or 61453 applies.