Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 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 .
22 December 2008PETER G. UNDERWOOD
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
LARA GIDDINGS
Minister for Health
These regulations may be cited as the Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2008 .
These regulations take effect on 1 January 2009.
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)
Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:(a) by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) from item 6 and substituting the following:
(a) a person who holds a valid Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or Seniors Health Card
$5.30 (each item) if the concessional beneficiary safety net is not reached
no fee (for any item) if the concessional beneficiary safety net is reached
(b) a person who holds a valid White Card, Gold Card or Orange Card
$5.30 (each item) if the concessional beneficiary safety net is not reached
no fee (for any item) if the concessional beneficiary safety net is reached
(b) by omitting paragraph (d) from item 6 and substituting the following:
(d) any other person
a maximum of $26.30 (each item) if the general patient safety net is not reached
$5.30 (each item) if the general patient safety net is reached
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 31 December 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 certain non-nursing-home-type patients for pharmaceutical items provided to those patients in public hospitals.