Queensland Numbered Acts

NATIONAL INJURY INSURANCE SCHEME (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2016 - SECT 9

9 Meaning of excluded treatment, care and support

(1)
"Excluded treatment, care and support" is treatment, care and support that—

(a) is provided without charge; or

(b) if the participant is a child—ordinarily falls within the ordinary costs of raising a child; or

(c) must be provided by a registered provider but is provided by a person who, at the time of provision, is not a registered provider; or

(d) is provided as part of a medical trial or on another experimental basis; or

(e) is provided as part of a public sector health service, as defined in the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011, schedule 2 ; or

(f) is provided by State emergency services, including the Queensland Ambulance Service or the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service; or

(g) is prescribed by regulation.

(2) For subsection (1)(c), the following treatment, care and support must be provided by a registered provider—

(a) attendant care and support services that are personal assistance services or services to assist a person to participate in the community;

(b) any other treatment, care or support prescribed by regulation.

(3) However, subsection (2)(a) does not apply if the treatment, care and support is being provided to a person at a hospital (whether as an inpatient or an outpatient) as part of the services provided by the hospital.