Statement of Principles concerning hypertension No. 12 of 2008
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Amendment Statement of Principles
concerning
HYPERTENSION
No. 12 of 2008
for the purposes of the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
and
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
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This Instrument may be cited as Statement of Principles concerning hypertension No. 12 of 2008.
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The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(8) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, Statement of Principles concerning hypertension Instrument No. 36 of 2003, as amended by Instrument No. 4 of 2004, by:
(A) deleting ICD-10-AM codes I11, I12 and I13 from clause 2(c); and
(B) replacing factors (b) and (o) in clause 5 with the following:
"(b) consuming an average of at least 500 grams of alcohol per week for a continuous period of at least the six months before the clinical onset of hypertension; or"; and
"(o) consuming an average of at least 500 grams of alcohol per week for a continuous period of at least the six months before the clinical worsening of hypertension; or".
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The amendment made by this instrument applies to all matters to which Instrument No. 36 of 2003, as amended by Instrument No. 4 of 2004, section 120B of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 and section 339 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 apply.
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The amendment made by this instrument takes effect from 9 January 2008.
Dated this twentieth day of December 2007
The Common Seal of the )
Repatriation Medical Authority )
was affixed to this instrument )
in the presence of )
KEN DONALD
CHAIRPERSON