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HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 79A

Object of this Part

    The object of this Part   is to protect the integrity of the Commonwealth medicare benefits, dental benefits and pharmaceutical benefits programs and, in doing so:

  (a)   protect patients and the community in general from the risks associated with inappropriate practice; and

  (b)   protect the Commonwealth from having to meet the cost of services provided as a result of inappropriate practice.


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