Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) Determination 2020
6Disability assessment care load components
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6 Disability assessment care load components
(1) Part 2 of this instrument sets out the Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) (Carer Payment) in respect of a person claiming for carer payment.
(2) Part 3 of this instrument sets out the Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) (Carer Allowance) in respect of a person claiming for carer allowance.
7 Recognised disabilities
Schedule 3 of this instrument declares, for the purposes of section 953 of the Act, recognised disabilities.
8 Treating health professional
For the purposes of the Act (other than for the purposes of the Adult Disability Assessment Tool), a person in each of the following classes of persons is a treating health professional:
(a) a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners;
(b) a person registered or licensed as a nurse under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of nurses;
(c) an occupational therapist who is registered as an occupational therapist with the Australian Health Professional Regulation Agency;
(d) a person registered or licensed to practise physiotherapy under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of physiotherapists;
(e) a person registered as a psychologist under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration of psychologists;
(f) a person employed in a clinical role as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander health worker, by a health service, in a geographically remote location;
(g) a person:
(i) registered or licensed to practise speech pathology under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of speech pathologists; or
(ii) employed as a speech pathologist who is a member of The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited if registration or licensing of speech pathologists is not available in a State or Territory.