17(3)A person, being a beneficiary who has submitted an account for payment by the Medicare Branch and who has any complaint concerning eligibility to receive payment for entitled services or the assessment of accounts with respect to entitled services rendered or received, may make a request to the provincial authority that the matter complained of be reviewed by the Insured Services Appeal Committee as established under section 33.01.

17(1)A person, being a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon who has submitted an account for payment by the Medicare Branch and who has any complaint concerning the assessment of accounts with respect to entitled services rendered or received, may make a request to the provincial authority that the matter complained of be reviewed by the Medical Assessment Advisory Committee.

17(2)The time for making the request under subsection (1) shall be limited to forty days from the date the matter complained of arose, but the provincial authority may, in his sole discretion, enlarge the time for making the request.

17(3)A person, being a beneficiary who has submitted an account for payment by the Medicare Branch and who has any complaint concerning eligibility to receive payment for entitled services or the assessment of accounts with respect to entitled services rendered or received, may make a request to the provincial authority that the matter complained of be reviewed by the Insured Services Appeal Committee as established under section 33.01.