Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS 1975 - REG 16A

         (1)   For the purposes of subsection 23DKA (1) of the Act, an approved pathology authority must prepare and maintain, in accordance with subregulations (2) and (3), records of the pathology services rendered in an accredited pathology laboratory of which the authority is the proprietor.

         (2)   For each service rendered, the record in relation to the service must include a copy of a report of the service.

         (3)   The records must be kept in a manner that enables information to be retrieved from the records on the basis of:

                (a)    the name of the person to whom the service was rendered; and

               (b)    the date on which the service was rendered.