67KAHealth Secretary may charge booking and cancellation fees

#### 67KA Health Secretary may charge booking and cancellation fees 67KA Health Secretary may charge booking and cancellation fees > > (1) The Health Secretary may charge a private provider a fee for the following activities— > > > > > (a) making a booking for ambulance services, > > > > > (b) cancelling a booking for ambulance services within— > > > > > > > (i) 4 hours before the time the service was to be provided, or > > > > > > > (ii) 1 hour after the time the service was to be provided. > > > (2) A fee charged under this section must be the fee set out for the activity in the scale of fees published under section 67L. > > > (3) A service that is not provided because the patient was not ready or available to be transported within 1 hour after the time the services were to be provided is taken to have been cancelled for subsection (1)(b). > > > (4) In this section— > > > > residential care home has the same meaning as in the [Aged Care Act 2024](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth. > > > > private provider means the following— > > > > > (a) the licensee of a private health facility, > > > > > (b) the operator of a residential care home, > > > > > (c) a provider, or a class of provider, of health services prescribed by the regulations. > > **s 67KA:** Ins 2025 No 30, Sch 4\[2\].