32When is a procedural general practitioner practising in a rural area?

32 When is a procedural general practitioner practising in a rural area?

A procedural general practitioner is practising in a rural area for a premium period (the relevant period) if either: (a) most of the services provided by the practitioner in the relevant period for which medicare benefit is payable under the Health Insurance Act 1973 are provided in the following areas (as defined in the general medical services table under that Act): (i) Modified Monash 3 area; (ii) Modified Monash 4 area; (iii) Modified Monash 5 area; (iv) Modified Monash 6 area; (v) Modified Monash 7 area; or (b) both: (i) the practitioner was eligible under the old scheme for subsidy for a premium period (as defined in the old scheme) that included 30 June 2020 because the practitioner was practising in a rural area (as defined in the old scheme); and (ii) the practitioner continued to practise as a procedural general practitioner in the same area from 30 June 2020 until the end of the relevant period.