Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927
Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984
Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012
Western Australia
Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012
Contents
1.Citation1
2.Commencement1
3.Terms used1
4.Charges payable for pathology services1
Notes
Compilation table3
Western Australia
Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927
Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984
Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012
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 after that day.
In this determination —
MBS amount, for a pathology service, means the amount of the fee specified in the item for that pathology service in the Medicare Benefits Schedule;
Medicare Benefits Schedule means the Medicare Benefits Schedule published by the Commonwealth, as that Schedule is in force on the day on which clause 4 comes into operation.
4.Charges payable for pathology services
The charge payable in respect of a pathology service specified in the Medicare Benefits Schedule is —
(a)if the service is rendered to —
(i)a private in‑patient; or
(ii)a compensable in‑patient; or
(iii)a private nursing home type patient; or
(iv)an ineligible in‑patient; or
(v)a compensable day patient; or
(vi)an ineligible day patient; or
(vii)a compensable out‑patient; or
(viii)an ineligible out‑patient; or
(ix)a private same day patient; or
(x)a compensable same day patient; or
(xi)an ineligible same day patient,
the MBS amount for the service; or
(b)if the service is rendered to a private pathology out‑patient — 85% of the MBS amount for the service.
1This is a compilation of the Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012. The following table contains information about that Determination 1a.
Citation |
Gazettal |
Commencement |
Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012 |
16 Mar 2012 p. 1248‑9 |
cl. 1 and 2: 16 Mar 2012 (see cl. 2(a)); |
1aOn the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.
Provisions that have not come into operation
Short title |
Number and year |
Assent |
Commencement |
Health Services Act 2016 s. 308(e) 2 |
11 of 2016 |
26 May 2016 |
To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b)) |
2On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Health Services Act 2016 s. 308(e) had not come into operation. It reads as follows:
These determinations are revoked:
(e)Hospitals (Services Charges for Pathology Services) Determination 2012;
Defined terms
[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)
MBS amount3
Medicare Benefits Schedule3