Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

HEARING SERVICES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1997 No. 333 - SCHEDULE 1

                              SCHEDULE                    Regulation 6

CHARGES FOR CERTAIN SERVICES Interpretation 1. In this Schedule:

"audiological compensation package" means any of the following hearing
services in relation to a compensation claim:

   (a)  services that are necessary to assess and measure the nature and
        extent, and to determine the cause, of any hearing loss in the person;

   (b)  provision of any hearing device (other than a cochlear implant or a
        cochlear implant speech processor unit) that is clinically appropriate
        to the hearing loss, the person's capacity to benefit from the device
        and his or her life circumstances;

   (c)  services necessary to fit, and monitor the suitability of, a selected
        hearing device and to achieve the maximum functionality of the device;

   (d)  ongoing advice and assistance about rehabilitation to the extent
        necessary to enable the person to achieve a rehabilitation outcome
        commensurate with his or her needs;

   (e)  provision of necessary repairs, adjustment and maintenance of a
        hearing device, including the reasonable provision of replacement
        batteries, for the first year;

   (f)  other clinically necessary hearing services, if agreed between the
        Authority and Comcare as hearing services to be made available to
        referred Comcare clients to whom this Part applies. Charges for
        services 2. The charges for services are:

Item    Description of services      Charges for services
1       Audiometric testing (other than for an audiological 
        compensation package)       $110 for each hour or part of an 
hour
2       Audiological compensation package-monaural 

$800 for each period of 12 months
in which services are provided
3       Audiological compensation package-binaural

$1,400 for each period of 12
months in which services are
provided
4       Use of specialist facilities, including hearing test booths 

and equipment, and anechoic rooms (other than for an
audiological compensation package)
$800 for each day or part of a day
5       Consultancy services under paragraph 8 (1) (h) of the Act

$200 for each hour or part of an
hour
6       Test of a hearing protector conducted at an acoustic 

        laboratory                  $5,000 for each hearing protector

7       Maintenance or calibration of equipment at an acoustic 

        laboratory                  $110 for each hour or part of an 

hour
8       Assessment of a hearing device for approval by the Authority

$600 for each hearing device
9       Training and education of persons or bodies (including 

        overseas bodies)            $300 for each participant for each 

day or part of a day [NOTE: No charge is payable in the case of a service of a
kind specified in paragraph 8 (1) (a), (aa) or (ad) of the Act. See subr. 6
(2).]