Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Rules (No. 7) 2020 (F2020L01378)

Schedule 4   Amendments - COVID-19 Accreditation Arrangements

Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules 2018

2   Add Subrule 7F(Part 2A)

Covid-19 Accreditation Arrangements

(1) If the date on which a hospital's accreditation will expire falls within the 12 months following the hospital's eligibility expiry date, then the hospital is taken to be included in the second-tier eligible hospitals class until 60 calendar days after the day on which that hospital's accreditation will expire.

(2) In this rule:

eligibility expiry date means the second-tier expiry date listed on the Commonwealth's list of all declared hospitals with second tier.

Note: Further information is available in Private Health Insurance Circular 'PHI 52/20 Second-tier Update- arrangements due to suspended accreditation assessments' available online at https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-phicircular2020-52 and the Australian Safety and Quality Health Care Commission at www.safetyandquality.gov.au by searching for the 'National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards' or typing in this link ' https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/standards/nsqhs-standards/implementation-nsqhs-standards/nsqhs-standards-updates-and-consultations#faq:-covid-19-pandemic-and-accreditation '.