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Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2008

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Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2008

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Health Act 1997 .

16 June 2008

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

LARA GIDDINGS

Minister for Health and Human Services

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2008 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 1 July 2008.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Health (Fees) Regulations 2007 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Schedule 1 amended (Fees payable by non-nursing-home-type patients)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting the table from Part 1 and substituting the following table:

Item

Service provided

Fee

  

Shared ward (each day)

Single ward (each day)

1. 

For a private patient who is –

  
 

(a) an advanced surgical patient –

  
 

(i) the first 14 days

$347

$522

 

(ii) each subsequent day

$241

$410

 

(b) a surgical/obstetric patient –

  
 

(i) the first 14 days

$321

$500

 

(ii) each subsequent day

$241

$410

 

(c) a psychiatric patient –

  
 

(i) the first 42 days

$321

$500

 

(ii) the next 23 days

$279

$448

 

(iii) each subsequent day

$241

$410

 

(d) a rehabilitation patient –

  
 

(i) the first 49 days

$321

$500

 

(ii) the next 16 days

$279

$448

 

(iii) each subsequent day

$241

$410

 

(e) a same-day patient –

  
 

Band 1: Gastro-intestinal endoscopy, certain minor surgical items and non-surgical procedures that do not normally require an anaesthetic

$201

.....

 

Band 2: Procedures (other than Band 1) carried out under local anaesthetic, no sedation, if actual time in theatre is less than one hour

$240

.....

 

Band 3: Procedures (other than Band 1) carried out under general or regional anaesthesia or intravenous sedation, if actual time in theatre is less than one hour

$278

.....

 

Band 4: Procedures carried out under general or regional anaesthesia or intravenous sedation, if actual time in theatre is one hour or more

$321

.....

 

(f) any other patient –

  
 

(i) the first 14 days

$279

$448

 

(ii) each subsequent day

$241

$410

2. 

For an admitted patient who is a compensable patient

$770

.....

3. 

For a person whose injury or disease is one for which the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth accept responsibility

$336

.....

4. 

For an ineligible person who is a non-resident of Australia

$770

.....

5. 

For a person receiving a medical service specified in the general medical services table

the fee specified in that table for that service  (in addition to any fee payable under items 1, 2, 3 or 4 of this Part)

6. 

For a person receiving a pathology service specified in the pathology services table

the fee specified in that table for that service  (in addition to any fee payable under items 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of this Part)

7. 

For a person receiving a diagnostic imaging service specified in the diagnostic imaging services table

the fee specified in that table for that service (in addition to any fee payable under items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of this Part)

8. 

For the supply of a pharmaceutical item to a compensable patient or an ineligible person

optional fee (not exceeding the cost of providing the item)

(b) by omitting "$76" from column 3 of item 1 in Part 2 and substituting "$79";
(c) by omitting "$76" from column 3 of item 2 in Part 2 and substituting "$79".

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 25 June 2008

These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Health (Fees) Regulations 2007 by increasing certain fees payable by non-nursing-home-type patients in public hospitals.