Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953 - SECT 46

             (1)  In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

"accounting period" , in relation to an approved nursing home other than a Government nursing home or a nursing home for disabled people, means:

                     (a)  the period determined by the Secretary under subsection 46C(2); or

                     (b)  if that period has been varied under subsection 46C(5) or (6)--that period as so varied.

"authorized" means authorized in writing, by the Secretary.

"Commonwealth benefit" means an amount payable by the Commonwealth by way of benefit in accordance with this Part.

"extensive care benefit" means a benefit payable under section 49.

"general care benefit" means an amount that the proprietor of an approved nursing home is entitled to receive by way of benefit under section 47A or section 48A.

"investigation to be carried out" , in respect of an approved nursing home, has the meaning given by subsection 65(5).

"notified day for completion of sale" , has the meaning given by subsection 65(1).

"notional fee" , in relation to the provision of nursing home care (other than care of a kind in respect of which benefit is paid under section 48B, 48C, 48D, 48E or 49) to an approved nursing home patient in an approved nursing home (other than a Government nursing home or a nursing home for disabled people) on a particular day, means the fee applicable in respect of the provision of nursing home care to the patient on that day in accordance with the scale of fees determined by the Secretary under section 46D.

"notional scale of fees" , in relation to the provision of nursing home care (other than care of a kind in respect of which benefit is paid under section 48B, 48C, 48D, 48E or 49) to approved nursing home patients in an approved nursing home (other than a Government nursing home or a nursing home for disabled people) in an accounting period, means the scale of fees determined by the Secretary under section 46D.

"overpayment" has the meaning given by section 46B.

             (2)  For the purposes of this Part, the day of admission and the day of discharge or death of a qualified nursing home patient shall be counted together as one day.