What does 17-M require?

Premises qualify as M where they comprise a laboratory under the full-time onsite direction, control and supervision of a designated person who is a medical practitioner, and render a limited range of pathology testing only for the patients of a medical practice that is operated by, or employs, the designated person and is co-located with the laboratory. Testing for anyone other than that practice's patients, or a test menu beyond a limited range appropriate to the practitioner's qualifications and skills, takes the premises outside the category.

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Other controls in Part 4: categories of premises and the standards of direction, control and supervision (sections 17 and 18) – Australia Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories, Approval) Principles 2017

17(2)-(3) Hold a written arrangement providing for direction, control and supervision wherever a laboratory relies on a related laboratory, and operate only in the category the Minister specified as appropriate to the premises on the section 17 criteria
17-B Category B (Branch): a laboratory related by a written arrangement to a GX or GY laboratory, under the same designated person as the related laboratory, with testing supervised by a pathologist from within the pathology network
17-GX Category GX (General): a laboratory or co-located laboratories under the full-time onsite direction and control of a pathologist designated person, with each group of pathology testing under the full-time supervision of a pathologist with the relevant scope of practice, or a recognised national blood service under a pathologist's full-time direction, control and supervision
17-GY Category GY (General): a laboratory related by a written arrangement to a GX laboratory, under the direction and control of the GX designated person, with each group of testing under full-time onsite pathologist supervision with the relevant scope of practice (or network-based supervision for some groups)
17-S Category S (Specialised): a laboratory under the full-time direction, control and supervision of a non-pathologist specialist medical practitioner, rendering a limited range of testing for a target population or of a specialised nature within that practitioner's scope, including its branch, the workforce-shortage variant and the S(FC) fertility control laboratory
18(1)-(2) Place the premises under the direction, control and supervision of a designated person who holds appropriate qualifications, is competent and has the relevant scope of practice, and who carries responsibility for the premises' compliance with the relevant standards
18(3) Meet the standards of direction, control and supervision for the laboratory's category set by the Requirements for Supervision in the Clinical Governance of Medical Pathology Laboratories (Eighth Edition 2025), including clinical governance and oversight of staff and processes for ethical patient care and accurate, timely results
18(4)-(6) Supervise pathology testing only within the designated person's scope of practice and delegate section 18 responsibilities only as the Supervision Requirements (Eighth Edition 2025) allow, with the scope-of-practice limit relaxed only for a category S laboratory testing in a workforce-shortage discipline

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