(1) If an item specifies a service that is to be rendered by a practitioner to a patient who has been referred to the practitioner, the regulations may require that, for the purposes of the item, the patient is to be referred in a manner prescribed by the regulations.
(2) In this section:
"item" includes an item relating to a service specified in a determination in force under subsection 3C(1).
"practitioner" has the same meaning as in section 124B.