Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 6)1
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Dated 16 December 2004
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
TONY ABBOTT
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 6).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on 1 January 2005.
3 Amendment of Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2004
Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2004.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(regulation 3)
[1] Schedule 1, Part 2, subrule 31 (2)
omit
paragraph 36 (b),
insert
paragraph 36 (c),
[2] Schedule 1, Part 2, rule 34
substitute
34 MRI and MRA services — eligible provider
(1) For rule 33, an eligible provider, in relation to an MRI or MRA service performed with equipment to which rule 35 or paragraph 36 (a) applies, is a specialist in diagnostic radiology who is an eligible provider within the meaning of rule 30 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2000, as in force on 31 October 2001.
(2) For rule 33, an eligible provider, in relation to an MRI or MRA service performed with equipment to which paragraph 36 (b) or (c) applies, is a specialist in diagnostic radiology who has satisfied the Commission that he or she is a participant in the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists’ Quality and Accreditation Program.
[3] Schedule 1, Part 2, rule 36
substitute
36 MRI and MRA services — eligible equipment
For rule 31, eligible equipment is equipment other than equipment to which rule 35 applies, being:
(a) equipment:
(i) that is registered under the scheme, administered by the Department, titled ‘MRI Additional Units Eligibility Scheme’, as in force on 27 June 2001; and
(ii) in relation to which the registration has not been cancelled or otherwise ceased to have effect; or
(b) equipment:
(i) that is registered under the scheme, administered by the Department, titled ‘2004 MRI Additional Units Eligibility Scheme’, as in force on 29 November 2004; and
(ii) in relation to which the registration has not been cancelled or otherwise ceased to have effect; or
(c) equipment that:
(i) is described in columns 3 and 4 of an item in the following table by reference to the manufacturer, scanner model and magnet strength; and
(ii) is located in the radiology department of a hospital specified in column 2 of that item.
Item | Location | Manufacturer and scanner model | Magnet strength |
1 | The Women’s and Children’s Hospital | Philips | 1.0T |
2 | The Princess Margaret Hospital for Children | Siemens | 1.5T |
Note 1 The MRI Additional Units Eligibility Scheme mentioned in subparagraph (a) (i) is the scheme of that title published in Gazette No. GN 20 on 23 May 2001, as amended by amendments published in Gazette No. S 226 on 27 June 2001.
Note 2 The 2004 MRI Additional Units Eligibility Scheme mentioned in subparagraph (b) (i) is the scheme of that title published in Gazette No. S 479 on 29 November 2004.
Notes
1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2004 No. 307.
2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 December 2004.