HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 19DB Offence where approval of premises as accredited pathology laboratory has been revoked
HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 19DB
Offence where approval of premises as accredited pathology laboratory has been revoked(a) the proprietor, or each of the proprietors, of an accredited pathology laboratory is an approved pathology authority; and
(b) the approval of the premises as an accredited pathology laboratory has been revoked;
the proprietor or proprietors must cause to be taken such steps as are reasonable in all the circumstances to ensure that, before a pathology service is rendered in the laboratory:
(c) the practitioner, participating midwife or participating nurse practitioner who has as a patient the person in relation to whom the pathology service is to be rendered; and
(d) the person in relation to whom the pathology service is to be rendered or, if that person is in the care of another person, that other person;
are informed that a Medicare benefit would not be payable in respect of the pathology service if it were rendered in the laboratory.