Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 4)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 286
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, 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 29 October 2009
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General
By Her Excellency’s Command
NICOLA ROXON
Contents
1 Name of Regulations
2 Commencement
3 Amendment of Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2009
Schedule 1 Amendments commencing on 9 November 2009
Schedule 2 Amendment commencing on 1 January 2010
These Regulations are the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 4).
These Regulations commence as follows:
(a) on 9 November 2009 — regulations 1 to 3 and Schedule 1;
(b) on 1 January 2010 — Schedule 2.
3 Amendment of Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2009
Schedules 1 and 2 amend the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2009.
Schedule 1 Amendments commencing on 9 November 2009
(regulation 3)
[1] Schedule 1, Part 2, paragraph 31 (1) (a)
substitute
(a) at the request of a specialist or consultant physician, made in accordance with rule 32; and
[2] Schedule 1, Part 2, paragraph 31 (2B) (b), table, after item 8
insert
9 | Terms of Agreement between the Commonwealth and Sydney South West Area Health Service for the provision of a Medicare‑eligible MRI service at Bankstown Hospital, Eldridge Street, Bankstown, New South Wales | 23 December 2008 |
[3] Schedule 1, Part 2, rule 36, table 3, item 1
substitute
1 | Monash Medical Centre | Siemens Magnetom Verio | 3.0T |
[4] Schedule 1, Part 2, rule 36, table 3, after item 8
insert
9 | Bankstown Hospital | Siemens | 1.5T |
Schedule 2 Amendment commencing on 1 January 2010
(regulation 3)
[1] Schedule 1, Part 3, item 63464, subparagraph (a) (ii)
substitute
(ii) 2 or more first or second degree relatives on the same side of the family diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer, if any of the following applies to at least 1 of the relatives: (A) has been diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer; (B) had onset of breast cancer before the age of 40 years; (C) had onset of ovarian cancer before the age of 50 years; (D) has been diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancer, at the same time or at different times; (E) has Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry; (F) is a male relative who has been diagnosed with breast cancer; |
Note
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