Section 47
of Pathology Laboratory Act 2007
Section 47
For the purpose of this Part, “managed care organization”
means any organization or body with whom a licensed pathology laboratory enters into a contract or has an arrangement or intends to enter into a contract or have an arrangement to provide specified quality or quantity of pathology services within a specified financing system through one or a combination of the following mechanisms:
(a)
providing pathology services to consumers through the organization or body’s own healthcare provider or a
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third party healthcare provider in accordance with the contract or arrangement between all parties concerned;
or
(b)
providing pathology services to employees or enrollees on behalf of the payers including individuals, employers or financiers in accordance with contractual agreements between all parties concerned.
(2)
The Minister may from time to time by notification in the Gazette declare any organization or body that enters into a pathology laboratory services arrangement, other than those specified in subsection (1), to be a managed care organization.