MRCA Private Patient Principles 2004 (6 August 2015)

An entitled person may be admitted to a Tier 1 hospital for non-emergency treatment without prior approval.

3.3. Non-emergency Tier 2 hospital treatment

An entitled person may be admitted to a Tier 2 hospital for non-emergency treatment without prior approval only in those circumstances where the arrangements relating to that hospital specifically exclude the need for prior approval.

3.4. Emergency hospital treatment

An entitled person may be treated at, and admitted through, the accident and emergency centre of a Tier 1, 2, or 3 hospital for emergency treatment without prior approval.

Notification of admission

If an entitled person is admitted to a Tier 2 or Tier 3 hospital under paragraph 3.4, the hospital must notify the Department of that admission the next working day in the State or Territory in which the admission occurred, or as soon as practicable afterwards.

4. Prior approval required