Definitions
10A Definitions
In this division—
bulk billing arrangement, for general practitioner services, means an arrangement where—
the person responsible for paying for the services assigns the person’s right to a Medicare benefit for the service to the general practitioner who provided the service, and
the general practitioner accepts the Medicare benefit as full payment for the service.
general practitioner means a medical practitioner who is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) in the specialty of general practice.
general practitioner services means professional services provided by a general practitioner.
medical centre means premises, other than a private health facility, used to provide general practitioner services at the premises or remotely—
by telephone, or
using other technology that enables audio, or audio and visual, communication between persons at different places.
Metropolitan Sydney has the meaning given by the regulations.
practice arrangement has the same meaning as in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW).
prescribed billing arrangements, for general practitioner services, means either or both of the following—
bulk billing arrangements for the services,
veterans arrangements for the services.
private health facility has the same meaning as in the Private Health Facilities Act 2007.
professional services means a professional service specified in the Health Insurance Act 1973 of the Commonwealth, section 3, definition of professional service, paragraph (a).
relevant contract has the same meaning as in this Act, Part 3, Division 7.
relevant general practitioner wages—see clause 10B(1).
veterans arrangement, for general practitioner services, means an arrangement—
approved by the Chief Commissioner, and
under which the general practitioner accepts as full payment for the services payment under one or more of the following Acts of the Commonwealth—
the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006,
the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004,
the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988,
the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019,
the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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