Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) Subject to
subclause (2), for the purpose of a service provided in respect of a
patient by, in or at a hospital, the patient must be classified
as —
(a) an
in‑patient; or
(b) a
day patient, namely, a person who receives health services at a day hospital;
or
(c) an
out‑patient, namely, a person —
(i)
who attends at a hospital and receives health services
under an out‑patient service provided at the hospital; or
(ii)
in respect of whom a hospital provides a health service
elsewhere than at the hospital;
or
(d) a
same day patient, namely, a person who is admitted to and discharged from a
hospital, not being a day hospital, nursing home or a nursing post, between
midnight on one day and midnight on the next succeeding day for the purpose of
receiving health services.
(2) For the purpose of
a service provided in respect of a patient by, in or at a hospital, the
patient does not need to be classified under subclause (1) if the patient
is —
(a) a
Medicare ineligible asylum seeker; or
(b) a
Medicare ineligible involuntary patient and the service is provided as part of
their treatment under the Mental Health Act 2014 .
[Clause 11 amended: SL 2023/34
cl. 6.]