4. Definitions4. Definitions

4. Definitions

(1) In this instrument:

Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973.

after‑hours period means any of the following:

(a) a public holiday;

(b) a Sunday;

(c) before 8 am, or after 1 pm, on a Saturday;

(d) before 8 am, or after 8 pm, on a day other than a day mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).

bulk‑billed: a medical service is bulk‑billed if:

(a) a medicare benefit is payable to a person in relation to the service; and

(b) under an agreement entered into under section 20A of the Act:

(i) the person assigns to the medical practitioner by whom, or on whose behalf, the service is provided, the person’s right to the payment of the medicare benefit; and

(ii) the medical practitioner accepts the assignment in full payment of the practitioner’s fee for the service provided.

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law has the meaning given by the Health Insurance Regulations 2018.

Modified Monash 1 area means an area that is not a Modified Monash 2 area, Modified Monash 3 area, Modified Monash 4 area, Modified Monash 5 area, Modified Monash 6 area or Modified Monash 7 area.

Modified Monash 2 area has the meaning given by Part 7 of the general medical services table.

Modified Monash 3 area has the meaning given by Part 7 of the general medical services table.

Modified Monash 4 area has the meaning given by Part 7 of the general medical services table.

Modified Monash 5 area has the meaning given by Part 7 of the general medical services table.

Modified Monash 6 area has the meaning given by Part 7 of the general medical services table.

Modified Monash 7 area has the meaning given by Part 7 of the general medical services table.

practice location has the meaning given by Part 7 of the general medical services table.

relevant health professional means a person who is registered in a health profession regulated under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, other than the medical profession.

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

residential aged care facility means a facility where residential care (as defined in section 41‑3 of the Aged Care Act 1997) is provided.

Schedule means a Schedule to this instrument.

staff member has the same meaning as in Schedule 1 to the Aged Care Act 1997.

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

 clinically relevant service;