# When a person has an outstanding public health debt

> reg-1.15K — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

1.15K When a person has an outstanding public health debt
               A person has an outstanding public health debt if:
                (a) the person incurs an expense of any of the following kinds:
                      (i) a medical, hospital or other health-related expense arising from the
                          treatment, on or after 17 April 2019, of the person in a public hospital
                          or other public health facility;
                     (ii) an expense arising from the provision of an aged care service to the
                          person, on or after 17 April 2019 and before 1 January 2020, by an
                          approved provider of a kind mentioned in section 8-6 of the Aged
                          Care Act 1997 as in force immediately before 1 January 2020;
                    (iii) an expense arising from the provision of an aged care service to the
                          person, on or after 1 January 2020 and before the commencement of
                          the Aged Care Act 2024, by an approved provider of a kind mentioned
                          in section 63F of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act
                          2018 as in force immediately before the commencement of the Aged
                          Care Act 2024;
                    (iv) an expense arising from the delivery of a funded aged care service to
                          the person by a registered provider that is a government entity or a
                          local government authority (within the meaning of the Aged Care Act
                          2024); and
                (b) a State, Territory or local government authority notifies Immigration, in
                    accordance with an agreement between the authority and Immigration, that
                    the expense (in whole or in part) is an unpaid debt owed by the person to
                    the authority; and
                (c) the notification has not been withdrawn by the authority.