South Australian Numbered Regulations

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH COMMISSION (COMPENSABLE AND NON-MEDICARE PATIENTS FEES) VARIATION REGULATIONS 2006 (NO 8 OF 2006) - REG 6

6—Variation of Schedule 3—Recognised hospitals and incorporated health centres: accommodation, rehabilitation, domiciliary care and related fees

        (1)         Schedule 3, heading—after "domiciliary care" insert:

, transportation

        (2)         Schedule 3, clause 5—after its present contents (now to be designated as subclause (1)) insert:

        (2)         Where, in addition to providing a service referred to in this Schedule, a recognised hospital or incorporated health centre transports, or arranges for the transportation of, a patient to or from (or between different facilities of) the hospital or health centre, the hospital or health centre may charge an additional fee equal to the cost to the hospital or health centre of providing, or arranging for the provision of, that transportation.

        (3)         Subclause (2) does not apply to the transportation of a patient with a retrieval team provided by a recognised hospital where a retrieval fee for the provision of such a team by the hospital during transportation is applicable under Schedule 1 or 2.