Health Insurance Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 4)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 294
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Dated 6 December 2012
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General
By Her Excellency’s Command
TANYA PLIBERSEK
1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Health Insurance Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 4).
2 Commencement
This regulation commences on 27 December 2012.
3 Amendment of Health Insurance Regulations 1975
Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance Regulations 1975.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Regulation 29, heading
substitute
29 Manner of patient referrals
[2] Subregulation 29 (1)
substitute
(1) For section 132A of the Act, this regulation and regulations 30 and 31 set out the manner in which a patient is to be referred by a referring practitioner to another practitioner for the purposes of:
(a) an item in the general medical services table; or
(b) an item in a determination made under subsection 3C (1) of the Act;
specifying a service to be rendered by a specialist or consultant physician, in the practice of his or her speciality, to a patient referred to the specialist or consultant physician.
[3] Regulation 31, heading
substitute
31 Period of validity for referrals
[4] Subregulation 31 (1)
omit
Subject to subregulations (1A), (1B) and (1C), a referral given under regulation 29 is valid:
insert
Unless the period of validity for a referral is otherwise provided for in this regulation, the referral may state a period for which it remains valid and it will remain valid:
Note
1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.comlaw.gov.au.