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HEALTH AND HOSPITALS NETWORK ACT 2011 No. 32 - SECT 15

15 Meaning of health service

(1) A health service is a service for maintaining, improving, restoring or managing people's health and wellbeing.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a health service includes—

(a) a service mentioned in subsection (1) that is provided to a person at a hospital, residential care facility, community health facility or other place; and
(b) a service dealing with public health, including a program or activity for—
(i) the prevention and control of disease or sickness; or
(ii) the prevention of injury; or
(iii) the protection and promotion of health.
Example of health service mentioned in paragraph (b)—
a cancer screening program

(3) In addition, a health service includes a support service for a service mentioned in subsection (1).



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