
The Medicare Benefits Schedule defines after hours consultations as follows:
After hours consultations, in the practice:
- Monday to Friday – before 8am or after 8pm
- Saturday – before 8am or after 1pm
- Sunday and public holidays – all day
After hours consultations, if the condition requires urgent assessment and the attendance requires the practitioner to open the consulting rooms, or in a Residential Aged Care Home (RACH), or an attendance other than consulting rooms/hospital or RACH:
- Monday to Friday – before 8am or after 6pm
- Saturday – before 8am or after 12pm
- Sunday and public holidays – all day
Unsociable hours are 11pm to 7am, but the patient must require urgent medical care to use the item numbers related to unsociable hours.
