# Referral to Medical Officers of the Commonwealth

> reg-2.25A — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.25A Referral to Medical Officers of the Commonwealth
          (1) In determining whether an applicant satisfies the criteria for the grant of a visa,
              the Minister must seek the opinion of a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth
              on whether a person (whether the applicant or another person) meets the
              requirements of paragraph 4005(1)(a), 4005(1)(b), 4005(1)(c), 4007(1)(a),
              4007(1)(b) or 4007(1)(c) of Schedule 4 unless:
                (a) the application is for a temporary visa and there is no information known to
                    Immigration (either through the application or otherwise) to the effect that
                    the person may not meet any of those requirements; or
                (b) the application is for a permanent visa that is made from a country
                    (whether Australia or a foreign country) specified in a legislative
                    instrument made by the Minister for the purposes of this paragraph and
                    there is no information known to Immigration (either through the
                    application or otherwise) to the effect that the person may not meet any of
                    those requirements.
               Note:     For foreign country, see section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

          (2) In determining whether an applicant satisfies the criteria for the grant of a
              Medical Treatment (Visitor) (Class UB) visa, if there is information known to
              Immigration (either through the application or otherwise) to the effect that the
              requirement in subclause 602.212(2)(d) has not been met, the Minister must seek
              the opinion of a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth on whether the
              requirement has been met.
          (3) The Minister is to take the opinion of the Medical Officer of the Commonwealth
              on a matter referred to in subregulation (1) or (2) to be correct for the purposes of
              deciding whether a person meets a requirement or satisfies a criterion.









Division 2.6—Relevant assessing authorities and matters relating to
          the application of the points system