PSR Guidelines and Sampling Determinations

Referral Guidelines for the 1994 Scheme were the

• Guidelines as to Form and Content of Referrals to the Director of Professional Services Review made by the Minister under s.87(3) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 on 9 May 1994 and the Explanatory Statement.

which now only apply to referrals made before 1 August 1999 by virtue of the

• Professional Services Review Scheme - Guidelines as to Form and Content of Referrals to the Director of Professional Services Review Amendment Guidelines 1999 (No.1) made by the Minister under s.87(3) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 on 13 December 1999 and the Explanatory Statement.

Referral Guidelines for the 1999 Scheme are the

• Health Insurance (Professional Services Review - Content of Investigative Referrals) Guidelines 1999 made by the Minister under s.87(3) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 on 9 December 1999 and the Explanatory Statement.
• Health Insurance (Professional Services Review - Content and Form of Adjudicative Referrals) Guidelines 1999 made by the Minister under s.93(4) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 on 13 December 1999 and the Explanatory Statement.

No guidelines have yet been made under the 2003 PSR Scheme.

Statistical Sampling Determinations

The first operational sampling scheme was set out in

• Professional Services Review Scheme - Directions as to Sampling (No.2) made by the Minister under s.106K of the Health Insurance Act 1973 on 31 January 1995 and the Explanatory Statement. (The earlier Directions as to Sampling (No.1) are not included here as they were replaced by Directions (No.2) before any cases were referred by HIC to PSR.)

That sampling scheme did not apply to referrals made after the 1997 repeal of s.106K.

Following the 1999 amendments, the Minister made the following Determination under the new s.106K(3) of the Act specifying the content and form of a sampling methodology that may be used by a Committee for the purposes of the new s.106K(1):

• Professional Services Review Scheme - Sampling Methodology Determination 2000 (No.1) of 18th April 2000 and the Explanatory Statement.
• Professional Services Review Scheme - Sampling Methodology Determination 2006 of 9th November 2006.