Western Australia
Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927
Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984
Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013
Western Australia
Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013
CONTENTS
1.Citation1
2.Commencement1
3.Application1
4.Charges for surgically implanted prostheses (r. 5(2)(c))1
5.Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2006 revoked1
Notes
Compilation table1
Defined terms
Western Australia
Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927
Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984
Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013
This determination comes into operation as follows —
(a)clauses 1 and 2 — on the day on which this determination is published in the Gazette;
(b)the rest of the determination — on the day on which the Hospitals (Services Charges) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2013 regulation 4 comes into operation.
This determination applies —
(a)to all public hospitals other than day hospitals, nursing homes and nursing posts; and
(b)with respect to the following —
(i)private in‑patients;
(ii)compensable in‑patients;
(iii)ineligible in‑patients;
(iv)private same day patients;
(v)compensable same day patients;
(vi)ineligible same day patients.
4.Charges for surgically implanted prostheses (r. 5(2)(c))
(1)In this clause —
listed amount, in relation to a surgically implanted prosthesis, means the amount specified for that prosthesis in the Prostheses List in the column under the heading “Minimum Benefit”;
Prostheses List means the Schedule to the Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Rules 2012 (No. 2) (Commonwealth) as in force on the day on which the Hospitals (Services Charges) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2013 regulation 4 comes into operation.
(2)The charge payable in respect of the supply of a surgically implanted prosthesis specified in the Prostheses List under the heading “CARDIO THORACIC” is 92.5% of the listed amount.
(3)The charge payable in respect of the supply of a surgically implanted prosthesis specified in the Prostheses List under the heading “OPHTHALMIC” is 80% of the listed amount.
(4)The charge payable in respect of the supply of a surgically implanted prosthesis not mentioned in subclause (2) or (3) but otherwise specified in the Prostheses List is the listed amount.
5.Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2006 revoked
The Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2006 is revoked.
1This is a compilation of the Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013. The following table contains information about that determination.
Citation |
Gazettal |
Commencement |
Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013 |
2 Jul 2013 p. 2964-5 |
cl. 1 and 2: 2 Jul 2013 (see cl. 2(a)); |
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
Defined termProvision(s)
Prostheses List4(1)