4. Definitions4. Definitions

4. Definitions

Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973.

admitted patient means a person who is receiving a service that is provided:

(a) as part of an episode of hospital treatment; or

(b) as part of an episode of hospital-substitute treatment in respect of which the person to whom the treatment is provided choses to receive a benefit from a private health insurer.

attendance means an item listed in Part 2 of the general medical services table.

clinical notes means a written report commenting on the significance of the trace findings and their relationship to clinical decision making for the patient in their clinical context. This interpretation does not include interpretation based solely on measurements or diagnoses automatically generated from the trace.

formal report means a written report that entails interpretation of the trace, (including indicators for the investigation) commenting on the significance of the trace findings and their relationship to clinical decision making for the patient in their clinical context, and may include a copy of the trace and any measurements taken or automatically generated.

relevant provisions means all provisions, of the Act and regulations made under the Act, and the National Health Act 1953 and regulations made under the National Health Act 1953, relating to medical services, professional services or items.

relevant service means a health service, as defined in subsection 3C(8) of the Act, that is specified in a Schedule.

requesting practitioner means the medical practitioner making the request for the service who is not the medical practitioner rendering the service.

Schedule means a Schedule to this instrument.

Note: The following terms are defined in subsection 3(1) of the Act:

 clinically relevant service;

 diagnostic imaging services table;

 general medical services table;

 hospital-substitute treatment;

 hospital treatment;

 item;

 professional service.

trained in exercise testing means the person is capable of safely performing exercise or pharmacological stress monitoring and recording, which must include the ability to recognise the symptoms and signs of cardiac disease.

(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this instrument to a provision of the Act or the National Health Act 1953 or regulations made under the Act or under the National Health Act 1953 as applied, adopted or incorporated in relation to specifying a matter is a reference to those provisions as in force from time to time and any other reference to provisions of an Act or regulations is a reference to those provisions as in force from time to time.