135ACCReferences to the integrity or sustainability of a medicare program

#### 135ACC References to the integrity or sustainability of a medicare program (1) This section is made for the purposes of the following provisions: (a) paragraph 135ABA(2)(a); (b) paragraph 135ABB(3)(a). (2) For the purposes of each of those provisions, and the section in which the provision is located: (a) a reference in the section to the purposes of the integrity or sustainability of a medicare program includes a reference to the need to ensure that access to the program is limited to circumstances where requirements or parameters (whether or not statutory) relating to the program are met; and (b) a reference in the section to a collection, use or disclosure being for those purposes is taken to include a reference to the collection, use or disclosure being for the purposes of ensuring that the delivery of the program is not compromised by mistakes, misconduct, fraud or non‑compliance, including in relation to those requirements or parameters.