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This determination was repealed by the Health Services Act 2016 (No. 11 of 2016) s. 308(g) as at 1 Jul 2016 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 24 Jun 2016 p. 2291).

 

 

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))2

5.Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2006 revoked2

Notes

Compilation table3

Defined terms

 

Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927
Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013

1.Citation

This determination is the Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013.

2.Commencement

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.

3.Application

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 2016 (No. 2) (Commonwealth) as in force on the day on which the Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Amendment Determination 2016 clause 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.

[Clause 4 amended in Gazette 19 Nov 2013 p. 5293; 13 Jun 2014 p. 1895; 14 Oct 2014 p. 3733; 2 Apr 2015 p. 1187; 13 Oct 2015 p. 4062; 24 May 2016 p. 1535.]

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.

 

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2013 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table.

Compilation table

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));
Determination other than cl. 1 and 2: 3 Jul 2013 (see cl. 2(b) and Gazette 2 Jul 2013 p. 2963)

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Amendment Determination 2013

19 Nov 2013 p. 5292‑3

cl. 1 and 2: 19 Nov 2013 (see cl. 2(a));
Determination other than cl. 1 and 2: 20 Nov 2013 (see cl. 2(b) and
Gazette 19 Nov 2013 p. 5293)

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Amendment Determination 2014

13 Jun 2014 p. 1895

cl. 1 and 2: 13 Jun 2014 (see cl. 2(a));
Determination other than cl. 1 and 2: 14 Jun 2014 (see cl. 2(b) and
Gazette 13 Jun 2014 p. 1893)

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Amendment Determination (No. 2) 2014

14 Oct 2014 p. 3733

cl. 1 and 2: 14 Oct 2014 (see cl. 2(a));
Determination other than cl. 1 and 2: 15 Oct 2014 (see cl. 2(b))

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Amendment Determination 2015

2 Apr 2015 p. 1187

cl. 1 and 2: 2 Apr 2015 (see cl. 2(a));
Determination other than cl. 1 and 2: 3 Apr 2015 (see cl. 2(b))

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Amendment Determination (No. 2) 2015

13 Oct 2015 p. 4061‑2

cl. 1 and 2: 13 Oct 2015 (see cl. 2(a));
Determination other than cl. 1 and 2: 14 Oct 2015 (see cl. 2(b))

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Amendment Determination 2016

24 May 2016 p. 1535

cl. 1 and 2: 24 May 2016 (see cl. 2(a));
Determination other than cl. 1 and 2: 25 May 2016 (see cl. 2(b))

This determination was repealed by the Health Services Act 2016 (No. 11 of 2016) s. 308(g) as at 1 Jul 2016 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 24 Jun 2016 p. 2291)

 

 

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)

listed amount4(1)

Prostheses List4(1)