New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1991 - SECT 10AA

10AA Definitions

In this Part:
"health practitioner", "health registration Act", "health service" and "registration authority" have the same meanings as in the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 .

Note: The Health Care Complaints Act 1993 defines those terms as follows:
"health practitioner" means a natural person who provides a health service (whether or not the person is registered under a health registration Act).
"health registration Act" means any of the following Acts:

Chiropractors Act 2001

Dental Technicians Registration Act 1975

Dental Practice Act 2001

Medical Practice Act 1992

Nurses and Midwives Act 1991

Optical Dispensers Act 1963

Optometrists Act 2002

Osteopaths Act 2001

Pharmacy Act 1964

Physiotherapists Act 2001

Podiatrists Act 2003

Psychologists Act 2001 .

"health service" includes the following services, whether provided as public or private services:

(a) medical, hospital and nursing services,

(b) dental services,

(c) mental health services,

(d) pharmaceutical services,

(e) ambulance services,

(f) community health services,

(g) health education services,

(h) welfare services necessary to implement any services referred to in paragraphs (a)-(g),

(i) services provided by podiatrists, chiropractors, osteopaths, optometrists, physiotherapists, psychologists and optical dispensers,

(j) services provided by dietitians, masseurs, naturopaths, acupuncturists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, audiologists, audiometrists and radiographers,

(k) services provided in other alternative health care fields,

(k1) forensic pathology services,

(l) a service prescribed by the regulations as a health service for the purposes of this Act.

"registration authority" means the person who has the function, under a health registration Act, of determining an application for registration under the Act.