These Principles are the Repatriation Private Patient Principles.
For the purposes of these Principles, unless a contrary intention appears:
Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 in force from time to time.
admission means admission for treatment as an in-patient or day-patient upon the referral of a medical specialist or a Local Medical Officer.
Commission means the Repatriation Commission, continued in existence by section 179 of the Act.contracted private hospital
contracted private hospital means a private hospital in respect of which the Commission has entered into arrangements for the treatment of entitled persons.
country area of a State has the meaning given it by the Instrument made by the Commission under paragraph 80 (2) (b) of the Act.
Department means the Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
dependant of a Vietnam veteran means a person described in subsection 86(5) of the Act.
Deputy Commissioner means the person appointed by the Secretary of the Department to manage the affairs of the Department in a State or Territory.
emergency means a situation in which a person requires immediate treatment because of a serious threat to the person’s life or health.
entitled person means a person eligible for treatment under Part V of the Act but does not include a Vietnam veteran, or a dependant of a Vietnam veteran, who is eligible only under subsection 85(9) or subsection 86(5) of the Act, respectively, for urgent treatment.
facility fee means a fee relating to accident and emergency services charged by a particular hospital.
former Repatriation Hospital means a hospital or other institution that was formerly operated by the Commission under paragraph 89(1)(a) of the Act.
Note: see the Repatriation Institutions (Transfer) Act 1992
Local Medical Officer means a medical practitioner who:
(a) is registered under the Notes for Local Medical officers as a Local Medical Officer and who treats an entitled person in accordance with the terms, and subject to the conditions, in the Treatment Principles and in the “Notes for Local Medical Officers”; and
(b) has been given a provider number by Medicare Australia, in respect of being a medical practitioner, that has not been suspended or revoked.
medical practitioner means a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners but does not include a person so registered or licensed:
(a) whose registration, or licence to practise, as a medical practitioner in any State or Territory has been suspended, or cancelled, following an inquiry relating to his or her conduct; and
(b) who has not, after that suspension or cancellation, again been authorised to register or practise as a medical practitioner in that State or Territory.
medical specialist means a medical practitioner who is recognised as a consultant physician or specialist in the appropriate specialty for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Medicare Australia means Medicare Australia established by the Medicare Australia Act 1973.
Notes for Local Medical Officers has the same meaning it has in the Treatment Principles.
Principles means the current Repatriation Private Patient Principles determined by the Commission under subsection 90A(1) of the Act.
prior approval means:
(a) in relation to treatment—approval by the Commission for treatment before the treatment was given or commenced to be given; and
(b) in relation to admission to a hospital—approval by the Commission for admission to that hospital before the person is admitted.
private hospital means premises that have been declared to be:
(a) a private hospital for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973; or
(b) a day hospital facility for the purposes of the National Health Act 1953.
private patient has the meaning given by subsection 90A (8) of the Act.
public hospital means a hospital operated by a State or Territory or by the Commonwealth.
revoked Repatriation Private Patient Principles means the Repatriation Private Patient Principles No.8 of 1992 approved by the Minister on 25 June 1992.
Treatment Monitoring Committee means:
(a) a committee established by the Commission under these Principles to monitor the access to, and quality of, treatment provided in Hospitals or other Institutions to entitled persons; or
(b) a committee established by the Repatriation Commission under the revoked Repatriation Private Patient Principles, to monitor the access to, and quality of, treatment provided in Hospitals or other Institutions to persons who were entitled to treatment under the revoked Repatriation Private Patient Principles.
Treatment Principles means the document prepared by the Commission under section 90 of the Act that sets out the circumstances in which, and conditions subject to which, treatment may be provided to entitled persons.
veteran partnering private hospital means a contracted private hospital that is described as a “veteran partnering private hospital” in its arrangement with the Commission under subsection 89(1) of the Act.
Note: other Tier 1 status hospitals which have similar partnering arrangements are public hospitals and former Repatriation Hospitals.
Vietnam veteran means a person described in subsection 85(9) of the Act.
An entitled person is to receive hospital care as a private patient, which entitles the person, as a minimum, to:
(a) the patient’s choice of doctor, subject to the doctor having practising rights at the relevant hospital; and
(b) shared accommodation; and
(c) if medically necessary, private accommodation.
These Principles are the Repatriation Private Patient Principles.
For the purposes of these Principles, unless a contrary intention appears:
Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 in force from time to time.
admission means admission for treatment as an in-patient or day-patient upon the referral of a medical specialist or a Local Medical Officer.
Commission means the Repatriation Commission, continued in existence by section 179 of the Act.contracted private hospital
contracted private hospital means a private hospital in respect of which the Commission has entered into arrangements for the treatment of entitled persons.
country area of a State has the meaning given it by the Instrument made by the Commission under paragraph 80 (2) (b) of the Act.
Department means the Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
dependant of a Vietnam veteran means a person described in subsection 86(5) of the Act.
Deputy Commissioner means the person appointed by the Secretary of the Department to manage the affairs of the Department in a State or Territory.
emergency means a situation in which a person requires immediate treatment because of a serious threat to the person’s life or health.
entitled person means a person eligible for treatment under Part V of the Act but does not include a Vietnam veteran, or a dependant of a Vietnam veteran, who is eligible only under subsection 85(9) or subsection 86(5) of the Act, respectively, for urgent treatment.
facility fee means a fee relating to accident and emergency services charged by a particular hospital.
former Repatriation Hospital means a hospital or other institution that was formerly operated by the Commission under paragraph 89(1)(a) of the Act.
Note: see the Repatriation Institutions (Transfer) Act 1992
Local Medical Officer means a medical practitioner who:
(a) is registered under the Notes for Local Medical officers as a Local Medical Officer and who treats an entitled person in accordance with the terms, and subject to the conditions, in the Treatment Principles and in the “Notes for Local Medical Officers”; and
(b) has been given a provider number by Medicare Australia, in respect of being a medical practitioner, that has not been suspended or revoked.
medical practitioner means a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners but does not include a person so registered or licensed:
(a) whose registration, or licence to practise, as a medical practitioner in any State or Territory has been suspended, or cancelled, following an inquiry relating to his or her conduct; and
(b) who has not, after that suspension or cancellation, again been authorised to register or practise as a medical practitioner in that State or Territory.
medical specialist means a medical practitioner who is recognised as a consultant physician or specialist in the appropriate specialty for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Medicare Australia means Medicare Australia established by the Medicare Australia Act 1973.
Notes for Local Medical Officers has the same meaning it has in the Treatment Principles.
Principles means the current Repatriation Private Patient Principles determined by the Commission under subsection 90A(1) of the Act.
prior approval means:
(a) in relation to treatment—approval by the Commission for treatment before the treatment was given or commenced to be given; and
(b) in relation to admission to a hospital—approval by the Commission for admission to that hospital before the person is admitted.
private hospital means premises that have been declared to be:
(a) a private hospital for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973; or
(b) a day hospital facility for the purposes of the National Health Act 1953.
private patient has the meaning given by subsection 90A (8) of the Act.
public hospital means a hospital operated by a State or Territory or by the Commonwealth.
revoked Repatriation Private Patient Principles means the Repatriation Private Patient Principles No.8 of 1992 approved by the Minister on 25 June 1992.
Treatment Monitoring Committee means:
(a) a committee established by the Commission under these Principles to monitor the access to, and quality of, treatment provided in Hospitals or other Institutions to entitled persons; or
(b) a committee established by the Repatriation Commission under the revoked Repatriation Private Patient Principles, to monitor the access to, and quality of, treatment provided in Hospitals or other Institutions to persons who were entitled to treatment under the revoked Repatriation Private Patient Principles.
Treatment Principles means the document prepared by the Commission under section 90 of the Act that sets out the circumstances in which, and conditions subject to which, treatment may be provided to entitled persons.
veteran partnering private hospital means a contracted private hospital that is described as a “veteran partnering private hospital” in its arrangement with the Commission under subsection 89(1) of the Act.
Note: other Tier 1 status hospitals which have similar partnering arrangements are public hospitals and former Repatriation Hospitals.
Vietnam veteran means a person described in subsection 85(9) of the Act.
An entitled person is to receive hospital care as a private patient, which entitles the person, as a minimum, to:
(a) the patient’s choice of doctor, subject to the doctor having practising rights at the relevant hospital; and
(b) shared accommodation; and
(c) if medically necessary, private accommodation.