Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Amendment (Duration of Attendance) Regulation 2014
Select Legislative Instrument No. 194, 2014
I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.
Peter Cosgrove
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Peter Dutton
Minister for Health
Contents
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulation 2014
This is the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Amendment (Duration of Attendance) Regulation 2014.
This instrument commences on 19 January 2015.
This instrument is made under the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulation 2014
1 Schedule 1 (item 3, column headed “Description”)
Omit “at consulting rooms (other than a service to which another item applies) by a general practitioner”, substitute “by a general practitioner at consulting rooms (other than a service to which another item applies), lasting less than 10 minutes,”.
2 Schedule 1 (item 23, column headed “Description”)
After “lasting”, insert “at least 10 minutes and”.
3 Schedule 1 (item 5000, column headed “Description”)
Omit “at consulting rooms (other than a service to which another item applies) by a general practitioner”, substitute “by a general practitioner at consulting rooms (other than a service to which another item applies), lasting less than 10 minutes,”.
4 Schedule 1 (item 5020, column headed “Description”)
After “lasting”, insert “at least 10 minutes and”.