Health Insurance (Subsection 3(5) General Practitioner Post-Operative Treatment) Direction 2017 (Cth)

Health Insurance (Subsection 3(5) General Practitioner Post-Operative Treatment) Direction 2017

I, NATASHA RYAN, delegate of the Minister for Health, make this Direction under subsection 3(5) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated 18 October 2017

NATASHA RYAN Assistant Secretary MBS Policy and Specialist Services Branch Medical Benefits Division Department of Health

Contents

1. Name of Direction 2. Commencement 3. Authority 4. Interpretation 5. Direction

1. Name of Direction

This Direction is the Health Insurance (Subsection 3(5) General Practitioner Post-Operative Treatment) Direction 2017.

2. Commencement

This Direction commences on 1 November 2017.

3. Authority

This Direction is made under subsection 3(5) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

4. Interpretation

In this Direction:

initial service means a professional service, that is not a service specified in an item in the general medical services table that is expressed to relate to a professional attendance by a medical practitioner (however described), a dental practitioner, a participating optometrist, a participating midwife or a participating nurse practitioner.

professional attendance service means a service specified in an item in the general medical services table that is expressed to relate to a professional attendance.

5. Direction

(1) Subject to subsection (2), I direct that an initial service does not include a professional attendance service that is necessary for the purposes of post-operative treatment of the person to whom the initial service is rendered, if the professional attendance service is rendered by a medical practitioner practising in general practice (including a general practitioner, but not including a specialist or consultant physician).