Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 192 of 1992 - SECT 27

27. Section 58H of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting paragraph (d) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(d) ceasing to provide domiciliary nursing care to a patient (other than for
the purpose of taking a respite care day in relation to that patient);";

   (b)  by adding at the end the following subsection:

"(2) If an approved person who is in receipt of a domiciliary nursing care
benefit in respect of a patient takes a respite care day in relation to the
patient, the person must notify the Secretary in writing of:

   (a)  the date of the respite care day; and

   (b)  the person who provided domiciliary nursing care to the patient on the
        respite care day. Penalty: $2,000.".