WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 59 Definitions

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 59

59 Definitions

(cf former s 10 (2))

In this Division--


"ambulance service" includes any conveyance of an injured worker to or from a medical practitioner or hospital.


"hospital treatment" means treatment (including treatment by way of rehabilitation) at any hospital or at any rehabilitation centre conducted by a hospital and includes--

(a) the maintenance of the worker as a patient at the hospital or rehabilitation centre,

(b) the provision or supply by the hospital, at the hospital or rehabilitation centre, of nursing attendance, medicines, medical or surgical supplies, or other curative apparatus, and

(c) any other ancillary service,

(a) treatment by a medical practitioner, a registered dentist, a dental prosthetist, a registered physiotherapist, a chiropractor, an osteopath, a masseur, a remedial medical gymnast or a speech therapist,

(b) therapeutic treatment given by direction of a medical practitioner,

(d) the provision of crutches, artificial members, eyes or teeth and other artificial aids or spectacles,

(e) any nursing, medicines, medical or surgical supplies or curative apparatus, supplied or provided for the worker otherwise than as hospital treatment,

(f) care (other than nursing care) of a worker in the worker's home directed by a medical practitioner having regard to the nature of the worker's incapacity,

(f1) domestic assistance services,

(g) the modification of a worker's home or vehicle directed by a medical practitioner having regard to the nature of the worker's incapacity, and

(h) treatment or other thing prescribed by the regulations as medical or related treatment,

(a) a public hospital within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997 controlled by a local health district or the Crown,

(b) a statutory health corporation or affiliated health organisation within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997 ,

(d) a hospital or other institution (whether in this State or in another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth) that--

(i) is prescribed by the regulations, or

(ii) belongs to a class of hospitals or institutions prescribed by the regulations,

for the purposes of this definition.

Note : For the meaning of references in this Division to health practitioners see section 21D of the Interpretation Act 1987 and the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) .