34AIdentification numbers—preliminary

34A Identification numbers—preliminary

(1) Sections 35 to 35F set out prescribed functions of the Chief Executive Medicare in relation to the allocation of identification numbers to persons for places of practice for the purposes of either or both of the following: (a) the Health Insurance Act; (b) the Dental Benefits Act 2008.

Note: This section, and sections 35 to 35G, will be repealed when Schedule 1 to the Health Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Act 2025 commences (see Schedule 2 to the Human Services (Medicare) Amendment (Allocation of Identification Numbers) Regulations 2026).

Allocation considerations (2) For the purposes of sections 35 to 35F, the allocation considerations, in relation to the allocation of an identification number to a person for a place of practice or the lifting of the suspension of the allocation of an identification number to a person for a place of practice, are: (a) the purposes of, the operation of, and the efficient administration of, either or both of the following (as applicable): (i) the Health Insurance Act; (ii) the Dental Benefits Act 2008; and (b) the purposes for which identification numbers may be used. When a person is ineligible for benefits at a place of practice on a day (3) For the purposes of sections 35 to 35F, a person is ineligible for benefits at a place of practice on a day if, on that day, there is no professional service or dental service that could be rendered by or on behalf of the person at the place of practice in respect of which a medicare benefit or dental benefit would be payable under the Health Insurance Act or the Dental Benefits Act 2008, assuming that, on that day: (a) an identification number had been allocated to the person for the place of practice; and (b) the allocation was in effect.