Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 3B

    For the purposes of this Act, a person is a medical entrepreneur if the person:

  (a)   employs a person mentioned in an item in the following table to render a service mentioned in the item; or

  (b)   is in a position to exercise control over a person mentioned in an item in the table rendering a service mentioned in the item; or

  (c)   leases, or otherwise makes available, to another person mentioned in an item in the table premises at which the other person renders a service mentioned in the item; or

  (d)   receives or obtains any property, benefit or advantage from the rendering of a service mentioned in an item in the table by a person mentioned in the item.

 

Item	Column 1 Person	Column 2 Service
1	practitioner	medical service
2	participating midwife	midwifery service
3	participating nurse practitioner	nurse practitioner service