Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act:
"treatment" means treatment provided, or action taken, with a view to:
(a) restoring a person to physical or mental health or maintaining a person in physical or mental health; or
(b) alleviating a person's suffering; or
(c) ensuring a person's social well‑being.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), treatment includes:
(a) providing accommodation in a hospital or other institution, or providing medical procedures, nursing care, social or domestic assistance or transport; and
(b) supplying, renewing, maintaining and repairing artificial replacements, medical aids and other aids and appliances; and
(c) providing diagnostic and counselling services;
for the purposes of, or in connection with, any treatment.
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