The Current Scheme
Detailed information on the PSR scheme is published in the document Your Guide to the PSR Process
Part VAA of the Health Insurance Act 1973
Part VAA of the Health Insurance Act sets out the
Professional Services Review Scheme under the following headings:
Division 1 - Preliminary
Division 2 -
The Director of Professional Services Review and the Professional
Services Review Panel
Division 3 -
Medicare Australia CEO may request review
Division 3A -
Review by
Director
Division 4 -
Professional Services Review Committees
Division 5 -
Determinations by the Determining
Authority
Division 5A -
Referral of professional issues to regulatory and other bodies
Division 6 - Provisions relating to
the Director, Panel members, staff and consultants, the Determining
Authority, and the provision of services to a Committee or the Authority
Division 7 - Miscellaneous
This part was implemented by amendments to the Health
Insurance
Act 1973 ("the Act") which largely came into effect on 1
January 2003. (A
provision validating certain referrals commenced on 18 December 2002).
See the Explanantory
Memorandum for the 2003 amendments which implemented the scheme in
its current form.
Also relevant to the operation of the current scheme are various
regulations and determinations see PSR Regulations and Sampling
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