HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 132A Regulations relating to the manner of patient referrals

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 132A

  (1)   If an item specifies a service that is to be rendered by a practitioner to a patient who has been referred to the practitioner, the regulations may require that, for the purposes of the item, the patient is to be referred in a manner prescribed by the regulations.

  (2)   In this section:

"item" includes an item relating to a service specified in a determination in force under subsection   3C(1).

"practitioner" has the same meaning as in section   124B.