Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1987 No. 32 HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 4

4. Regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations is amended:

   (a)  by omitting subregulation (2) and substituting the following
        subregulation:

"(2) Subject to subregulations (4) and (5), where an item specifies a medical
service that is to be rendered by a consultant physician, or a specialist, in
the practice of his specialty to a patient who has been referred to him, the
patient shall, for the purposes of the item, be referred:

   (a)  by a medical practitioner furnishing the prescribed information
        concerning the referral to the consultant physician, or specialist, as
        the case may be, in a letter of referral;

   (b)  by delivery of a written request to treat the patient addressed by a
        medical practitioner to the consultant physician, or specialist, as
        the case may be; or

   (c)  by an oral request from a medical practitioner, requesting the
        consultant physician, or specialist, as the case may be, to treat the
        patient.";

   (b)  by omitting from paragraph (3) (a) "address of the medical
        practitioner, registered optometrist," and substituting "either the
        address, or the provider number, of the medical practitioner or
        registered optometrist, or the name and address of the";

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (3) (d) "referral form" and substituting
        "letter of referral";

   (d)  by omitting subregulation (4);

   (e)  by inserting in subregulation (5) "in the manner prescribed by
paragraph (2) (a)" after " specialist radiologist"; and
(f) by omitting from subregulation (5) "referral form" and substituting

"letter of referral".