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Medical Indemnity Rules 2020
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This item is authorised by the following title:
Medical Indemnity Act 2002
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F2022C00674 (C03)
17 May 2022
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20 October 2022
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
3 Authority
4 Definitions
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Part 2—Commonwealth payments
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Division 1—IBNR indemnity scheme
5 Late payment penalty rate for recovery of amount paid to MDO or insurer after IBNR indemnity paid
Division 2—High cost claim indemnity scheme
6 High cost claim threshold
Division 3—Exceptional claims indemnity scheme
7 Circumstances for claim relating to overseas incident to be qualifying claim
Division 4—Run off cover indemnity scheme
8 Persons against whom eligible run off claims are made
9 Late payment penalty rate for recovery of overpaid run off cover indemnity
10 Applicable interest rate for working out total run off cover credits
Division 5—Allied health high cost claim indemnity scheme
11 Eligible insurers
12 Allied health high cost claim threshold
Division 6—Allied health exceptional claims indemnity scheme
13 Circumstances for claim relating to overseas incident to be qualifying claim
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Part 3—Universal cover obligation
14 Circumstances in which medical indemnity insurer may refuse professional indemnity cover
15 Notice of refusal to enter into contract of insurance for professional indemnity cover
16 Maximum amount of risk surcharge
17 Amount of risk surcharge to be identified without GST in offer of insurance
18 Records of refusals to provide professional indemnity cover
19 Records of risk surcharges
20 Matters to be reported annually
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Part 4—Payments towards the cost of providing indemnities
21 Late payment penalty rate for run off cover support payment
22 Methods of paying run off cover support payment or related late payment penalty
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Part 5—Application, transitional and saving provisions
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Division 1—Temporary measure relating to eligible run off claims
23 Eligible run off claims
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history