Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HEALTH COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 (NO. 96 OF 1993) - SCHEDULE

    SCHEDULE     Section 4

HEALTH SERVICES

PART I

SERVICES THAT ARE HEALTH SERVICES

1. A service provided at a hospital, health institution or nursing home.

2. A medical, dental, pharmaceutical, paramedical, mental health, community health, environmental health or specialised health service or a service related to such a service.

3. A service provided in association with the use of premises for the care, treatment or accommodation of persons who are aged or have a physical disability or mental dysfunction.

4. A laboratory service provided in support of a health service.

5. A laundry, dry cleaning, catering or other support service provided to a hospital, health institution, nursing home or premises referred to in item 3, if the service affects the care or treatment of a patient or a resident.

6. A social work, welfare, recreational or leisure service, if provided as part of a health service.

7. An ambulance service.

8. Any other service provided by a registered provider for, or purportedly for, the care or treatment of another person.

9. A service provided by—

        (a)     an audiologist, audiometrist or optical dispenser;

        (b)     a child guidance therapist, dietitian, prosthetist, psychotherapist, radiographer or therapeutic counsellor; or

        (c)     a dental hygienist, dental therapist or dental prosthetist;

or any other service of a professional or technical nature provided for, or purportedly for, the care or treatment of another person or in support of a health service.

10. A service provided by a practitioner of massage, naturopathy or acupuncture or in another natural or alternative health care or diagnostic field.

11. The provision of information relating to the promotion or provision of health care or to health education.

PART II

SERVICES THAT ARE NOT HEALTH SERVICES

The provision of an opinion or the making of a decision for the purposes of a claim under the Workers' Compensation Act 1951 .

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 25 November 1993]

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