Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Rules 2016 (No. 2)
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4. Definitions
In these Rules:
accredited podiatrist means a podiatric surgeon who holds specialist registration in the specialty of podiatric surgery under the National Law.
Note: The registration requirements for an accredited podiatrist for the purposes of these Rules are the same registration requirements for podiatric surgeons as set out in rule 8 of the Private Health Insurance (Accreditation) Rules.
Act means the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.
cardiac home/remote monitoring system includes a component of a cardiac home/remote monitoring system.
certified overnight Type C procedure has the same meaning as in rule 3 of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules.
certified Type C procedure has the same meaning as in rule 3 of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules.
consultant physician has the same meaning as in subsection 3(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
gap permitted prosthesis means a prosthesis of a kind listed in the Schedule where an amount is set out for that kind of prosthesis in the column under the heading ‘Minimum Benefit’ and a different amount is set out in the column under the heading ‘Maximum Benefit’.
implantable cardiac event recorder includes a component of an implantable cardiac event recorder.
insulin infusion pump includes a component of an insulin infusion pump.
listed prosthesis means a kind of prosthesis listed in the Schedule to these Rules.
listing application has the same meaning as in subsection 72-10(6) of the Act.
listing criteria has the same meaning as in subsection 72-10(6) of the Act.
National Law means:
(a) for a State or Territory other than Western Australia—the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law set out in the Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 (Qld) as it applies (with or without modification) as law of the State or Territory; or
(b) for Western Australia—the legislation enacted by the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 that corresponds to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.