Victorian Numbered Regulations

HEALTH RECORDS REGULATIONS 2023 (SR NO 85 OF 2023) - SCHEDULE 2

Schedule 2—Maximum fee for making health information available to another health service provider

Regulation 8

Item No.	Manner of access under HPP 11.1	Maximum fee
1	Provision by a health service provider of a copy of health information to another health service provider	If the copy— (a)     consists of at least 20 black and white A4 pages, 20 cents per page; or         (b)     is in a form other than a black and white A4 page, the health service provider's reasonable costs incurred in providing the copy.
2	Provision by a health service provider of an accurate summary of health information to another health service provider	If an accurate summary does not exist before the request is made, and it takes the health service provider at least a quarter of an hour to prepare an accurate summary, an amount (not exceeding 9·4 fee units) that is calculated by reference to the time taken to prepare the accurate summary—         (a)     at the rate of 2·9 fee units per quarter hour (or part of a quarter hour); or         (b)     based on the usual fee of the health service provider for a consultation of a comparable duration— whichever is the greater.

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