Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1997 No. 16 NATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 4

4.1 After Schedule 2, insert:
                         SCHEDULE 3               Regulation 4B

MODIFICATIONS OF THE ACT

1. Subsection 4 (1) (definition of " 'basic private table' or 'basic table'
"): After paragraph (dd), insert:

"(de) for nursing care given to a patient at his or her home as part of the St
Francis Xavier Cabrini Domiciliary Palliative Care program - a benefit equal
to the lesser of:

        (i)    the fees or charges incurred for nursing care for each day on
               which it is provided; and

        (ii)   $130 for each day on which nursing care is provided;". 2.
               Subsection 4 (1): Insert the following definition: " 'St
               Francis Xavier Cabrini Domiciliary Palliative Care program'
               means the Domiciliary Palliative Care program operated by St
               Francis Xavier Cabrini Private Hospital, Melbourne ('the
               hospital'), for patients who have received treatment in the
               hospital and, after being discharged from the hospital,
               continue to receive treatment from the hospital at their
               home;". 3. Subsection 5A (1): After paragraph (b):

"or (c) for nursing care given to a patient at his or her home as part of the
St Francis Xavier Cabrini Domiciliary Palliative Care program, where the
benefit payable is equal to the lesser of:

        (i)    the fees or charges incurred for nursing care for each day on
               which it is provided; and

        (ii)   $130 for each day on which nursing care is provided;".