Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This section applies to a professional service if:
(a) the service is rendered to a patient by a specialist or consultant physician; and
(b) the item relating to the service specifies it as a service that is to be rendered to a patient who has been referred.
Note: Division 4 of Part 11 prescribes the manner in which patients are to be referred for the purposes of such items.
General
(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (5), the following particulars are prescribed:
(a) the name of the referring practitioner;
(b) the address of the place of practice, or the provider number in respect of the place of practice, of the referring practitioner;
(c) the date on which the patient was referred by the referring practitioner to the consultant physician or specialist;
(d) the period of validity of the referral under section 102.
Lost referrals
(3) If the service is rendered on the basis of a lost, stolen or destroyed referral:
(a) paragraphs (2)(b) to (d) do not apply; and
(b) the words "lost referral" are a prescribed particular.
Hospital referrals
(4) If the service is rendered to a patient in a hospital who is not a public patient:
(a) paragraphs (2)(b) to (d) do not apply; and
(b) the words "referral within" followed by the name of the hospital are a prescribed particular.
Emergencies
(5) If the service is rendered without a written referral in the circumstances described in subsection 98(2) or 101(3):
(a) subsection (2) does not apply; and
(b) the word "emergency" is a prescribed particular.