Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1991 No. 211 of 1991 - SECT 24

24. Section 16B of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting after subparagraph (1) (b) (iii) the following words and
        subparagraphs:

"or (iv) subject to subsection (3A), a physiotherapist;
or (v) subject to subsection (3B), a podiatrist;";

   (b)  by inserting after subsection (3) the following headings and
        subsections:

"(Physiotherapists may only request certain services)

(3A) A request made by a physiotherapist, acting in his or her capacity as a
physiotherapist, for an R-type diagnostic imaging service to be rendered is
not effective for the purposes of subsection (1) unless it is a request for a
service of a kind specified in regulations made for the purposes of this
subsection.";

"(Podiatrists may only request certain services)

(3B) A request made by a podiatrist, acting in his or her capacity as a
podiatrist, for an R-type diagnostic imaging service to be rendered is not
effective for the purposes of subsection (1) unless it is a request for a
service of a kind specified in regulations made for the purposes of this
subsection.";

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (9) (a) "dental practitioner or
        chiropractor" and substituting "dental practitioner, chiropractor,
        physiotherapist or podiatrist";

   (d)  by omitting from paragraph (9) (b) "dental practitioner or
        chiropractor" and substituting "dental practitioner, chiropractor,
        physiotherapist or podiatrist";

   (e)  by inserting at the end of subsection (9) the following words and
        paragraphs:
     "; and (e)   if the requesting practitioner is a
physiotherapist who made the request in his or her capacity as a
physiotherapist - the request is not rendered ineffective by the operation of
subsection (3A); and

   (f)  if the requesting practitioner is a podiatrist who made the request in
        his or her capacity as a podiatrist - the request is not rendered
        ineffective by the operation of subsection (3B)".