In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears –
ambulance services means the conveyance of a person by any practicable means to –
(a) the nearest suitable hospital or rehabilitation centre or other place for the purpose of receiving medical, hospital or rehabilitation services; or
(b) his or her place of residence after receiving or seeking any of those services;
compensable person means a person –
(a) who has a compensable disease; and
(b) in relation to whom a determination has been made under section 70(1)(a) that the person is entitled to compensation under this Act;
compensable services means –
(a) medical services, hospital services, nursing services or ambulance services; or
constant attendance services means the services of a person (other than a member of the family of the person who has a compensable disease) by way of regular or constant personal attendance on a person who has a compensable disease, if the medical condition of the person who has a compensable disease is such that the person must have the regular or constant personal attendance of another person, but does not include hospital services or nursing services;
dentist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the dental profession as a dentist;
hospital services means –
(a) maintenance, attendance, and treatment, at a public or private hospital; or
(b) the provision or supply by a public or private hospital of –
(i) medical attendance or medical treatment; or
(ii) nursing attendance; or
(iii) medicines, medical or surgical supplies, or other curative appliances or apparatus; or
(iv) other usual or necessary hospital services;
medical services means any of the following services required by a person because the person has an asbestos-related disease:
(a) attendance, examination, or treatment of any kind, by, or under the supervision of, a medical practitioner, dentist, physiotherapist or psychologist;
(b) the provision, maintenance, repair, adjustment or replacement of any medical or surgical aids or curative appliances or apparatus;
(c) the provision by a pharmacist of medicines or materials;
(d) any examination, test, or analysis, that is carried out on, or in relation to, a person who has a compensable disease, at the request or direction of a medical practitioner, dentist, physiotherapist or psychologist;
(e) the provision of a report or certificate in respect of an examination, test, or analysis, that is referred to in paragraph (d) ;
nurse means a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse;
nursing services means nursing services rendered by a nurse otherwise than at a hospital or as a member of the nursing staff of a hospital;