Do referrals to public hospital outpatient clinics have to be written exclusively by GPs or specialists exercising a ROPP?

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The CFO of our public hospital gave a talk on Medicare billing recently and told us that any referral written by anyone other than a GP or specialist exercising a ROPP cannot be used to bill Medicare in the outpatient clinic. Is that right?

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