Queensland Numbered Acts

NATIONAL INJURY INSURANCE SCHEME (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2016 - SECT 25

25 Assessment of participant’s needs for treatment, care and support

(1) For each participant in the scheme, the agency—

(a) must assess the participant’s treatment, care and support needs as a result of the participant’s injury; and

(b) may assess any other treatment, care or support needed by the participant, including treatment, care or support that is, or may be, provided or funded other than under the scheme.

(2) In carrying out the assessment, the agency must, to the extent practicable, consult with the participant about the following matters—

(a) the treatment, care and support the participant considers necessary and reasonable as a result of the participant’s injury;

(b) the participant’s abilities and limitations;

(c) the participant’s individual goals.

(3) The agency may also consult with any other person the agency considers appropriate.

(4) The assessment must be carried out in the way, and at the intervals, prescribed by regulation.

(5) However, subsection (4) does not prevent the agency from carrying out—

(a) an extra assessment at any time the agency considers appropriate; or

(b) an assessment of the treatment, care and support needed by a participant for a particular period only.