Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services - Optometric Services) Determination 2020
6. Treatment of relevant services6. Treatment of relevant services
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6. Treatment of relevant services
For subsection 3C(1) of the Act:
(a) a relevant service, other than the service described in item 10944, provided in accordance with this instrument and as a clinically relevant service, is to be treated, for the relevant provisions, as if:
(i) it were both a professional service and a medical service; and
(ii) there were an item in the general medical services table that:
(A) related to the service; and
(B) specified for the service a fee in relation to each State, being the fee specified in the Schedule in relation to the service.
(b) the relevant service described in item 10944, provided in accordance with this instrument and as a clinically relevant service, is to be treated, for the relevant provisions of the Act other than subsection 3(5), as if:
(i) it were both a professional service and a medical service; and
(ii) there were an item in the general medical services table that:
(A) related to the service; and
(B) specified for the service a fee in relation to each State, being the fee specified in the Schedule in relation to the service.