Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations
Health Insurance Regulations 1975
1 Paragraph 2C(1)(a)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(a) an arrangement under which the midwife:
(i) is employed or engaged by one or more obstetric specified medical practitioners, or by an entity that employs or engages one or more obstetric specified medical practitioners; or
(ii) has an agreement, in writing, with an entity, other than a hospital, that employs or engages one or more obstetric specified medical practitioners;
2 At the end of subregulation 2C(1)
Add:
; (e) an arrangement mentioned in regulation 2EA for the midwife.
3 At the end of regulation 2C
Add:
(5) To avoid doubt, a collaborative arrangement may involve a specified medical practitioner who is in private practice or in the public sector.
4 After regulation 2E
Insert:
2EA Arrangement--midwife credentialed for a hospital
(1) For paragraph 2C(1)(e), in relation to a hospital, an eligible midwife is:
(a) credentialed to provide midwifery services after successfully completing a formal process to assess the midwife's competence, performance and professional suitability; and
(b) given clinical privileges for a defined scope of clinical practice for the hospital; and
(c) permitted to provide midwifery care to his or her own patients at the hospital.
(2) The hospital must employ or engage one or more obstetric specified medical practitioners.