10.1.1 'medical treatment' - S4(1), SRC Act

'Medical treatment' is defined in S4(1) of the SRC Act:

'medical treatment' means:

a) medical or surgical treatment by, or under the supervision of, a legally qualified medical practitioner

b) therapeutic treatment obtained at the direction of a legally qualified medical practitioner

c) dental treatment by, or under the supervision of, a legally qualified dentist

d) therapeutic treatment by, or under the supervision of, a physiotherapist, osteopath, masseur or chiropractor registered under the law of a State or Territory providing for the registration of physiotherapists, osteopaths, masseurs or chiropractors, as the case may be

e) an examination, test or analysis carried out on, or in relation to, an employee at the request or direction of a legally qualified medical practitioner or dentist and the provision of a report in respect of such an examination, test or analysis

f) the supply, replacement or repair of an artificial limb or other artificial substitute or of a medical, surgical or other similar aid or appliance

g) treatment and maintenance as a patient at a hospital

h) nursing care, and the provision of medicines, medical and surgical supplies and curative apparatus, whether in a hospital or otherwise, or

i) any other form of treatment that is prescribed for the purposes of this definition.

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