Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1986

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal Act  
   4.      Interpretation  
   5.       
   6.      Health services not specified in an item  
   7.      Variations and alterations of general medical services table  
   8.      Minister may vary pathology services table  
   9.      Multiple pathology services  
   10.      
   11.     Interpretation  
   12.     Increased fee in complex cases  
   13.     Appeal from decision on increased fee  
   14.     Medicare benefit in respect of 2 or more operations  
   15.      
   16.     Regulations may provide that medicare benefit not be payable in respect of a prescribed class of professional services  
   17.     Medicare benefit not payable in respect of services rendered by disqualified practitioners, &c.  
   18.     Assignment of medicare benefit  
   19.      
   20.     Functions of Committee  
   21.      
   22.     Interpretation  
   23.     Members of Committees under the National Health Act may be deemed to be members of Committees under this Division  
   24.      
   25.     Hearing by Committee  
   26.     Notice to practitioner or other person of hearing  
   27.     Report by Committee  
   28.     Recommendation by Committee  
   29.     Determination by Minister  
   30.     Interpretation  
   31.     References and applications to Tribunal or Court  
   32.     Proceedings on review  
   33.     Interpretation  
   34.     Chairperson, &c., to be notified if practitioner convicted of relevant offence  
   35.     Chairperson to establish Medicare Participation Review Committee  
   36.     Determinations in relation to relevant offences  
   37.      
   38.     Hearings  
   39.     Guidelines relating to making of determinations  
   40.     Procedure of hearings  
   41.     Chairperson to give notice of determinations by Committee  
   42.     Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal  
   43.     Giving effect to determinations  
   44.     Chairperson to abolish Committee  
   45.     False statements relating to medicare benefits, &c.  
   46.     Knowingly making false statements relating to medicare benefits, &c.  
   47.     Bribery, &c.  
   48.     Prohibited practices in relation to rendering of pathology services  
   49.     Recovery of amounts  
   50.     Delegation  
   51.     Amendment of Schedule  
   52.     New Schedule 1A to Principal Act  
   53.     Minor amendments  
   54.     Saving of certain proceedings  
   55.     Principal Act  
   56.     Borrowing and investment  
   57.     Principal Act  
   58.     Interpretation  
   59.     Interpretation  
   60.     Limited charges for pharmaceutical benefits  
   61.     Interpretation  
   62.     Repeal of heading and substitution of new heading  
   63.     Medical Services Federal Committee of Inquiry (Pharmaceutical Benefits)  
   64.     Functions of Federal Committee  
   65.     Medical Services State Committees of Inquiry (Pharmaceutical Benefits)  
   66.     Functions of State Committees  
   67.     Medical consultants  
   68.     Functions of Federal Committee  
   69.     Functions of State Committee  
   70.     Minor amendments  
   71.     Savings  
   72.     Principal Act  
   73.     Special nurse education transfer grants  
   74.     Principal Act  
   75.     Advisory Council  
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