Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A referral must explain the reasons for referring the patient, including any information about the patient's condition that the referring practitioner considers necessary to give to the specialist or consultant physician.
Additional content if referring practitioner is a specialist or consulting physician
(2) If the referring practitioner is a specialist or consulting physician, a written referral must:
(a) include the name of a general practitioner, participating midwife or participating nurse practitioner nominated by the patient; or
(b) if the patient is unwilling or unable to nominate a general
practitioner, participating midwife or participating nurse practitioner for
the purposes of paragraph (a)--include a statement to that effect.