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MEDICAL INDEMNITY REGULATIONS 2020
- made under the Medical Indemnity Act 2002
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Name
2. Commencement
3. Authority
4. Schedules
5. Simplified outline of this instrument
6. Definitions
PART 2--CLAIM--HANDLING FEES FOR CLAIMSFOR WHICH IBNR INDEMNITY PAYABLE
7. Simplified outline of this Part
8. Authority for this Part
9. When claim handling fee is payable for claim for which IBNR indemnity payable
10. Amount of claim handling fee
PART 3--CLAIM--HANDLING FEES FOR ELIGIBLE RUN-OFF CLAIMS
11. Simplified outline of this Part
12. Authority for this Part
13. When claim handling fee is payable for eligible run - off claim
14. Amount of claim handling fee for eligible run - off claim
PART 4--COMPULSORY--RUN-OFF COVER ADMINISTRATION PAYMENTS
15. Simplified outline of this Part
16. Authority for this Part
17. When compulsory run - off cover administration payment is payable
18. Amount of compulsory run - off cover administration payment
19. One - off payments to particular insurers for past costs
PART 5--PAYMENT--OFCLAIM HANDLING FEESANDSOMECOMPULSORY RUN-OFF COVER ADMINISTRATION PAYMENTS
20. Simplified outline of this Part
21. Authority for this Part
22. Time of payment
PART 6--PREMIUM--SUPPORT SCHEME
Division 1--Introduction
23. Simplified outline of this Part
24. Authority for this Part
25. Object of this Part
Division 2--Eligibility for payment
26. General conditions
Division 3--When is a medical practitioner an eligible medical practitioner for a premium period?
Subdivision A--General
27. Who is an eligible medical practitioner for a premium period ?
28. Practitioner with no or low private practice income for premium period is no t eligible medical practitioner
29. Practitioner p ra ctising wholly outside Australia and external Territories is not eligible medical practitioner
30. Practitioner who has not paid insurer for subsidy that insurer must repay is not eligible medical practitioner
Subdivision B--Proceduralgeneral practitionerspractising in rural areas
31. Who is a procedural general practitioner ?
32. When is a procedural general practitioner practising in a rural area ?
Subdivision C--Medicalpractitioners withsubstantial insurance costs
33. When does a medical practitioner have substantial insurance cost s ?
34. W hat are gross indemnity costs ?
35. What is private practice income ?
Division 4--Applications for subsidies
Subdivision A--Application for advance subsidy
36. Application for advance subsidy may be made before, or within 14 months after , start of premium year
Subdivision B--Final applicationfor subsidy
37. Final a pplication to be made within 13 months after end of premium year
Subdivision C--Determining applicationsfor subsidy and applications for adjustment of advance subsidy
38. Chief Executive Medicare to determine applications for subsidy
39. Chief Executive Medicare to determine applications for adjustment of advance subsidy
Division 5--Amount of subsidy
Subdivision A--Procedural general practitioners practising in rural areas
40. Amount of subsidy for procedural general practitioner practising in rural area
Subdivision B--Practitionerswithsubstantial insurance costs
41. Amount of subsidy for practitioner with substantial insurance cost s
Subdivision C--PractitionerswithMISSentitlement under old scheme
42. Amount of subsidy for practitioner with MISS entitlement under old scheme
Subdivision D--Eligible medical practitionerswithmultiple orvarying eligibility
43. If medical practitioner eligible on different grounds for same period
44. If medical practitioner eligible on different grounds for different periods
Subdivision E--Reconciling advance subsidy and subsidy
45. Amount of subsidy reduced by advance subsidy
Division 6--Conditions to be complied with by insurers
Subdivision A--Simplified outline
46. Simplified outline of this D ivision
Subdivision B--Asking medical practitioners about participating in scheme
47. Asking medical practitioners about participating in scheme
Subdivision C--Invoicing
48. Contents of invoices given to eligible medical practitioners
Subdivision D--Repaying overpayments of subsidy
49. Overpayments generally
50. Repaying advance subsidy exceeding final amount
51. Repaying advance subsidy for premium year if no later application made for premium year
Subdivision E--Keeping records
52. Records relevant to subsidy to be kept for 5 years
Subdivision F--Reportingon changes in medical practitioners' circumstances
53. Reporting between making application for advance subsidy and making final application for subsidy
54. Report ing after making final application for subsidy
Division 7--Review of decisions relevant to subsidies
55. Authorised reviewing officers
56. Applications by medical practitioners and medical indemnity insurers for review of decisions
57. Review of original decision by authorised reviewing officer
58. Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal
PART 7--PAYMENTS--FOR ADMINISTERING PREMIUM SUPPORT SCHEME
59. Simplified outline of this Part
60. Authority for this Part
61. When premium support scheme administration payment is payable
62. Amount of premium support scheme administration payment
63. One - off payments to certain insurers
PART 8--RECOVERY--OF OVERPAYMENTSAND AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE REPAID
64. Simplified outline of this Part
65. Authority for this Part
66. Recovery of overpayments and amounts required to be repaid
PART 9--APPLICATION--, SAVING AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Division 1--Provisions for this instrument as originally made
67. Application of Part 6
68. Transitional-- agreement to payment of subsidy to insurer
69. Saving--old scheme
70. Transitional--premium support scheme administration payment for financial year s starting on 1 July 2020 and 1 July 2021
SCHEDULE 1 Repeals
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