HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1986 NO. 20 HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1986 NO. 20 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Principal Regulations 2. 3. 4. 5. Schedule 6 1986 No. 20 HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1 Principal Regulations 1. In these Regulations, "Principal Regulations" means the Health Insurance Regulations. 1986 No. 20 HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2 2. The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 2AB the following regulations: Declaration of organisations and qualifications - sub-section 3D (1) of the Act "2ABA. (1) For the purposes of sub-section 3D (1) of the Act, the organisation specified in Column 2 of an item in Schedule 6 is declared to be a professional organisation in relation to a particular specialty specified in Column 3 of that item. "(2) For the purposes of sub-section 3D (1) of the Act, the qualification specified in Column 4 of an item in Schedule 6 is declared to be a relevant qualification in relation to the organisation specified in Column 2 of that item. Prescribed fee - sub-section 3D (1) of the Act "2ABB. For the purposes of sub-section 3D (1) of the Act, the prescribed fee is $30. Prescribed fee - sub-section 3E (2) of the Act "2ABC. For the purposes of sub-section 3E (2) of the Act, the prescribed fee is $30.". 1986 No. 20 HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3 3. The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 9 the following regulation: Prescribed fee - sub-section 61 (1A) of the Act "9AA. For the purposes of sub-section 61 (1A) of the Act, the prescribed fee is $30.". 1986 No. 20 HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 4 4. The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 9A the following regulations: Professional organisation - sub-section 124B (1) of the Act "9AB. For the purposes of the definition of 'professional organisation' in sub-section 124B (1) of the Act, each of the following organisations or associations is declared to be a professional organisation: (a) Australian Dental Association Incorporated; (b) Australian Medical Association; (c) Australian Optometrical Association. Prescribed rate of interest - sub-section 129AC (2) of the Act "9AC. For the purposes of sub-section 129AC (2) of the Act, the prescribed rate is 15 per cent per annum.". 1986 No. 20 HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 5 Schedule 6 5. The Principal Regulations are amended by adding at the end the following Schedule: SCHEDULE 6 Regulation 2ABA DECLARED PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION, SPECIALTY AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUB-REGON 3D (1) OF THE ACT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Item No. Organisation Speciality Qualification ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 1 Australian College of Rehabilititation Fellowship Rehabilitation Medicine Medicine (F.A.C.R.M.) 2 Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Anaesthetics Fellowship Australasian College of Surgeons Intensive Care F.F.A.R.A.C.S.) 3 Royal Australasian College of Cardio-thoracic Fellowship Surgeons Surgery (F.R.A.C.S) General Surgery Neurosurgery Opthalmology Orthopaedic Surgery Otorhinolaryngogly Paediatric Surgery Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Urology 4 The Australian College of Dematology Fellowship Dermtologists (F.A.C.D.) 5 The Royal Australasian College of General Medicine Fellowship Physicians Cardiology (F.R.A.C.P) Clinical Haematology Clinical Immunology (including Allergy) Clinical Pharmacology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Intensive Care Medical Oncology Neurology Nuclear Medicine Paediatric Medicine Renal Medicine Rheumatology Thoracic Medicine 6 The Royal Australasian College of Diagnostic Fellowship Radiologists Radiology (F.R.A.C.R.) Radiation Oncology 7 The Royal Australian and New Psychiatry Fellowship Zealand College of Psychiatrists (F.R.A.N.Z.C.P.) 8 The Royal Australian College of Obstetrics and Fellowship Obstetricians and Gynaecology (F.R.A.C.O.G.) Gynaecologists 9 The Royal Australian College of Opthalmology Fellowship Opthalmologists (F.R.A.C.O.) 10 The Royal College of Pathologists General Pathology Fellowship of Australasia Anatomical (F.R.C.P.A.) Pathology Clinical Chemistry Cytopathology Forensic Pathology Haematology Immunology Microbiology - NOTES 1986 No. 20*1* HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) *1*Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 February 1986. *2*Statutory Rules 1975 No. 80 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1986 No. 19 and see also Statutory Rules 1986 No. 19.