Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2014
I, the Lieutenant-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 .
13 October 2014A. M. BLOW
Lieutenant-Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON
Minister for Health
These regulations may be cited as the Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2014 .
These regulations take effect on 1 November 2014.
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 item 4 from Part 1 and substituting the following:
4.
For an ineligible person who is a non-resident of Australia and who is –
(a) a same-day patient
$1942
…..
(b) an overnight patient
$2289
…..
(c) an Intensive Care Unit patient
$5943
…..
(d) a Coronary Care Unit patient
$4129
…..
(e) a High Dependency Unit patient
$3410
…..
(f) a sub-acute care patient
$1347
…..
(g) a non-acute (maintenance) care patient
$975
…..
(b) by inserting after item 1 in Part 2 the following:
1A.
For a non-admitted patient who is –
(a) an ineligible person and a non-resident of Australia
$294 (each service)
(b) an ineligible person and a non-resident of Australia and who attends the Emergency Department
$514 (each service)
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 22 October 2014
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 introducing fees to be charged by public hospitals in respect of the treatment of overseas patients.