Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 232J

232J Meaning of treatment, care and support needs

The
"treatment, care and support needs" , of a worker who has sustained an injury, are the worker’s needs for, or relating to, 1 or more of the following resulting from the injury—

(a) medical treatment;

(b) hospitalisation;

(c) dental treatment;

(d) rehabilitation;

(e) ambulance transportation;

(f) respite care;

(g) attendant care and support services;

(h) aids and appliances, other than ordinary personal or household items;

Examples of ordinary personal or household items—

an air conditioner, a laptop, linen, a mobile phone, a personal computer or a washing machine

(i) prosthesis;

(j) education or vocational training;

(k) home, transport or workplace modification.