South Australian Current Regulations

HEALTH CARE REGULATIONS 2023 - REG 22

22—Prescribed health service

        (1)         For the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of "prescribed health service" in section 89(1) of the Act, the following health services are prescribed:

            (a)         cardiac catheterisation;

            (b)         chemotherapy (except when provided by or on behalf of an incorporated hospital, the holder of a private day procedure centre licence or another entity that ordinarily provides a prescribed health service at a private day procedure centre);

            (c)         gastrointestinal endoscopy;

            (d)         renal dialysis (except when provided by or on behalf of an incorporated hospital, the holder of a private day procedure centre licence or another entity that ordinarily provides a prescribed health service at a private day procedure centre);

            (e)         the following cosmetic surgical procedures:

                  (i)         abdominoplasty;

                  (ii)         belt lipectomy;

                  (iii)         biceps implants;

                  (iv)         brachioplasty;

                  (v)         breast augmentation or reduction;

                  (vi)         buttock augmentation, reduction or lift;

                  (vii)         calf implants;

                  (viii)         deltoid implants;

                  (ix)         facelift (other than a mini-lift that does not involve the superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS));

                  (x)         facial implants that involve—

                        (A)         inserting an implant on the bone; or

                        (B)         surgical exposure to deep tissue;

                  (xi)         fat transfer that involves the transfer of more than 500 millilitres of lipoaspirate;

                  (xii)         labiaplasty;

                  (xiii)         liposuction that involves the removal of more than 2.5 litres of lipoaspirate;

                  (xiv)         mastopexy or mastopexy augmentation;

                  (xv)         monsplasty;

                  (xvi)         neck lift;

                  (xvii)         pectoral implants;

                  (xviii)         penis augmentation;

                  (xix)         rhinoplasty;

                  (xx)         triceps implants;

                  (xxi)         vaginoplasty;

            (f)         a health service, or health service of a class, determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

        (2)         For the purposes of section 89(2)(c) of the Act, health services of the following kinds are prescribed:

            (a)         a health service consisting of the use of topical local anaesthetic;

            (b)         a health service provided by a registered health practitioner (being a person who is permitted or authorised under a law of the State to administer local anaesthetic of the relevant kind).