South Australia
South Australian Health Commission (Recognised Hospital—Medicare Patients Fees) Variation Regulations 2004
under the South Australian Health Commission Act 1976

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Variation provisions
Part 2—Variation of South Australian Health Commission (Recognised Hospital—Medicare Patients Fees) Regulations 2002
4	Substitution of Schedule
Schedule—Fees for services provided to Medicare patients by recognised hospitals

Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the South Australian Health Commission (Recognised Hospital—Medicare Patients Fees) Variation Regulations 2004.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on 1 July 2004.
3—Variation provisions
In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of South Australian Health Commission (Recognised Hospital—Medicare Patients Fees) Regulations 2002
4—Substitution of Schedule
Schedule—delete the Schedule and substitute:
Schedule—Fees for services provided to Medicare patients by recognised hospitals

		Fee (per day)	
1	For the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment at a hospital of a public overnight stay patient	no fee	
2	For the accommodation, maintenance and care at a hospital of a private overnight stay patient	$255.00	
3	For the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment at a hospital of a public patient who is a same day patient	no fee	
4	For the accommodation, maintenance and care at a hospital of a private patient who is a same day patient—		
		(a)	for gastro-intestinal endoscopy or other minor surgical and non-surgical procedures that do not normally require an anaesthetic (Band 1)	$185.00	
		(b)	for procedures (other than Band 1 procedures) carried out under local anaesthetic with no sedation given where the actual time in the theatre is less than one hour (Band 2)	$211.00	
		(c)	for procedures (other than Band 1 procedures) carried out under general or regional anaesthesia or intravenous sedation where the actual time in the theatre is less than one hour (Band 3)	$231.00	
		(d)	for any procedures carried out under general or regional anaesthesia or intravenous sedation where the actual time in the theatre is one hour or more (Band 4)	$255.00	
5	For the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment at a hospital of a public long stay patient who is acutely ill	no fee	
6	For the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment at a hospital of a public long stay patient who is not acutely ill	87.5 per cent of the Commonwealth benefit	
7	For the accommodation, maintenance and care at a hospital of a private long stay patient who is not acutely ill	$87.00 plus 87.5 per cent of the Commonwealth benefit	
8	For outreach services provided by a hospital to a private patient	$153.00	
Note—
As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.
Made by the Governor's Deputy
on the recommendation of the Minister for Health and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
on 1 July 2004
No 141 of 2004
DHSCS04/41