Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1989 No. 117 HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1

Regulation 2ADB of the Health Insurance Regulations is amended by omitting
subregulations (2), (3) and (4) and substituting the following subregulation:

"(2) Each of the following shall be taken to be professional services rendered
in prescribed circumstances:

   (a)  professional services rendered in relation to the provision of
        chelation therapy (that is to say, the intravenous administration of
        ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid or any of its salts) otherwise than
        for the treatment of heavy-metal poisoning;

   (b)  professional services rendered in association with the injection of
        human chorionic gonadotrophin in the management of obesity;

   (c)  professional services rendered in relation to the use of hyperbaric
        oxygen therapy in the treatment of multiple sclerosis;

   (d)  professional services rendered in relation to the use of computerised
        tomography scanning for the purposes of measuring bone mineral density
        for osteoporosis assessment.".