RACGP - Referring to other medical specialists
medical specialists The MBS describes a referral as a request to another medical specialist for investigation, opinion, treatment and/or management of a patient’s condition or problem, or for the performance of a specific examination or test.10 Referrals must satisfy three criteria to be considered valid:10
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