Category 4 - ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SERVICES
ON.2.2
Services That Can Be Provided
Dental practitioners holding the FRACDS (OMS) or equivalent who were approved by the Minister prior to 1November2004 may perform prescribed oral and maxillofacial services listed in this category. All dental practitioners approved for the purposes of subsection 3(1) of the Act are also recognised to perform those items of oral and maxillofacial surgery listed in Group C2 of the booklet "Medicare Benefits for Treatment of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Conditions".
It is emphasised that ‑
- the sole purpose of granting approval to dental practitioners is to enable payment of Medicare benefits;
- the services set out in Groups 01 to 011 of the Medicare Benefits Schedule book, and in the Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Schedule are the only ones for which Medicare benefits are payable when the services are performed by an eligible dental practitioner.
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- Assist - Addition/Deletion of (Assist.)
- Amend - Amended Description
- Anaes - Anaesthetic Values Amended
- Emsn - EMSN Change
- Fee - Fee Amended
- Renum - Item Number Change (renumbered)
- New - New Item
- NewMin - New Item (previous Ministerial Determination)
- Qfe - QFE Change