Western Australian Current Regulations

HEALTH SERVICES (FEES AND CHARGES) ORDER 2016 - REG 13

13 .         Classes of day patients

        (1)         A day patient must be classified under this clause for the purpose of the payment of the fees and charges set out in Schedule 1 in respect of a day patient.

        (2)         A day patient must be classified as —

            (a)         a compensable day patient; or

            (b)         an eligible day patient, namely, a day patient —

                  (i)         who is an eligible person; but

                  (ii)         who is not a compensable day patient;

                or

            (c)         an ineligible day patient, namely, a day patient —

                  (i)         who is not an eligible person; and

                  (ii)         who is not a compensable day patient.

        (3)         For the purposes of subclause (2)(a), a compensable day patient includes a person in respect of the payment for whose health services one or more of the following applies or appears prima facie to apply —

            (a)         the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 ;

            (ab)         the Motor Vehicle (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2016 ;

            (b)         the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943 ;

            (c)         the law of Australia relating to the Defence Force within the meaning of the Defence Act 1903 (Commonwealth).

        [Clause 13 amended: Gazette 9 Mar 2018 p. 798; SL 2023/87 cl. 9.]