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HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (SPECIAL EVENTS EXEMPTION) ACT 2000 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used

        (1)         In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        exemption period , in relation to a special event, means the period or periods specified in an order under section 6 that applies to the event;

        health care services means —

            (a)         services ordinarily provided by chiropractors, dental hygienists, dental therapists, dental prosthetists, dentists, medical practitioners, nurses, occupational therapists, optometrists, osteopaths, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists and psychologists; and

            (b)         any other prescribed health care service;

        Health Registration Act means the National Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) ;

        medicine has the meaning given in the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 section 3;

        prepare includes train, practise, rehearse and acclimatize;

        registered means registered, licensed or enrolled under a Health Registration Act, or deemed to be so registered, licensed or enrolled;

        special event means an event, or class of event, that is declared to be a special event by order under section 6;

        visiting health professional has the meaning given by section 5;

        visitor has the meaning given by section 4.

        (2)         An order made under this Act is subsidiary legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1984 .

        [Section 3 amended: No. 28 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 5; No. 29 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 30 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 31 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 32 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 33 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 42 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 4; No. 11 of 2006 s. 4; No. 21 of 2006 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 50 of 2006 Sch. 3 cl. 10; No. 22 of 2008 Sch. 3 cl. 25; No. 19 of 2010 s. 51; No. 35 of 2010 s. 78; No. 13 of 2014 s. 161.]



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