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HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1986 No. 94 of 1986 - SECT 4

4. (1) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "approved bed";
(b) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "in-patient" and
substituting the following definition:

"'in-patient', in relation to a hospital, means a person who
occupies a bed in the hospital for the purposes of hospital treatment, but
does not include-

   (a)  a member of the staff of the hospital who is receiving treatment in
        his or her own quarters; or

   (b)  except as provided by sub-section (2), a newly-born child whose mother
        also occupies a bed in the hospital;"; and

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "private hospital"
and substituting the following definition:

"'private hospital' means-

   (a)  premises that were, immediately before 1 October 1986, a private
        hospital (within the meaning of this section as in force at that
        time), other than premises in respect of which a declaration under
        sub-section 23EA (2) is in force; and

   (b)  premises in respect of which a declaration under sub-section 23EA (1)
        is in force;".

(2) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (d) of
the definition of "patient contribution" in sub-section (1) and substituting
the following paragraph:

"(d) in relation to a nursing-home type patient of a private hospital in a
State or internal Territory, such amount as is determined by the Minister from
time to time for the purposes of this paragraph with respect to that State or
Territory;".

(3) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "prescribed dental
patient" and substituting the following definition:

"'prescribed dental patient' means a person-

   (a)  who has not attained the age of 22 years; and

   (b)  in respect of whom there is issued a certificate in accordance with
        the approved form by a medical practitioner or dental practitioner who
        is approved by the Minister in writing for the purposes of this
        definition stating that the person is suffering from-

        (i)    a cleft lip or a cleft palate condition; or

        (ii)   a condition determined by the Minister, by notice in writing
               published in the Gazette, to be a condition to which this
               definition applies;"; and

   (b)  by omitting "who has not attained the age of 22 years" from paragraph
        (ba) of the definition of "professional service" in sub-section (1).