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WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 60A Worker not liable for medical, hospital and rehabilitation charges above applicable rates

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 60A

Worker not liable for medical, hospital and rehabilitation charges above applicable rates

60A Worker not liable for medical, hospital and rehabilitation charges above applicable rates

A worker is not liable to pay, and a person is not entitled to recover from a worker, any amount in respect of medical or related treatment, hospital treatment at a hospital or a workplace rehabilitation service, given or provided to the worker as a result of an injury, to the extent that the amount exceeds any applicable maximum, as follows--

(a) in the case of a medical or related treatment for which a sum is fixed under section 61 (2), the applicable maximum is that fixed sum,
(b) in the case of hospital treatment at a hospital, the applicable maximum is the amount calculated as fixed under section 62 (1) as the cost to the hospital of the treatment,
(c) in the case of a workplace rehabilitation service for which a sum is fixed under section 63A (2), the applicable maximum is that fixed sum.