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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 74 Interpretation of Division 2 of Part VI

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 74

Division 2 - Medical and Other Services Interpretation of Division 2 of Part VI

In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears –
ambulance services means the conveyance of a worker by any practicable means to the nearest suitable hospital or rehabilitation centre or other place for the purpose of his receiving medical, hospital, or rehabilitation services, or to his place of residence after receiving or seeking any of those services;
chiropractor means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the chiropractic profession;
constant attendance services means the services of a person, other than a member of the family of the worker, where the injury suffered by a worker is of such a nature that he must have the regular or constant personal attendance of another person but does not include hospital services or nursing services;
dentist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the dental profession as a dentist;
hospital services means –
(a) maintenance, attendance, and treatment at a public or private hospital; or
(b) the provision or supply by such a hospital of –
(i) medical attendance or medical treatment;
(ii) nursing attendance;
(iii) medicines, medical or surgical supplies, or other curative supplies or apparatus; or
(iv) other usual or necessary hospital services;
household services means a service provided to a worker, other than by a member of the family of the worker, that is a service –
(a) of a domestic nature, including, but not limited to, cooking, cleaning, and laundry or gardening services; and
(b) required for the proper running and maintenance of the worker's residential premises;
medical services means –
(a) attendance, examination, or treatment of any kind by, or under the supervision of, a medical practitioner, chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, osteopath, physiotherapist, podiatrist or psychologist;
(b) the provision, maintenance, repair, adjustment, or replacement of artificial limbs, eyes or teeth, crutches, splints, spectacles, and other medical and surgical aids and curative appliances or apparatus;
(c) the repair or replacement of artificial limbs, eyes or teeth, crutches, splints, spectacles or other medical or surgical aids or curative appliances or apparatus destroyed or damaged at the time of an injury;
(d) the provision by a pharmacist of medicines or materials; or
(e) any examination, test, or analysis carried out on, or in relation to, a worker at the request or direction of a medical practitioner, chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, osteopath, physiotherapist, or podiatrist and the provision of a report or certificate in respect of such an examination, test, or analysis;
nurse means a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse;
nursing services means nursing services rendered by a nurse otherwise than at a hospital or as a member of the nursing staff of a hospital;
optometrist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the optometry profession;
osteopath means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the osteopathy profession;
physiotherapist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the physiotherapy profession;
podiatrist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the podiatry profession;
psychologist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the psychology profession;
rehabilitation services means –
(a) treatment, training, or other assistance provided to facilitate or assist a worker's rehabilitation;
(b) the supply of material or equipment in respect of any occupational therapy projects undertaken by a worker; or
(ba) advice in relation to job-seeking or advice or assistance in arranging vocational re-education or vocational training; or
(c) any necessary and reasonable modifications required to be made to a worker's workplace, place of residence, or motor vehicle –
and includes workplace rehabilitation services;
road accident rescue services means services provided for the purpose of extricating a worker from a vehicle in which the worker has been injured.