35EMeaning of health care

### 35E Meaning of health care > > (1)  Subject to [subsection (2)](#GS35E@Gs2@EN) , in this Part, ***health care*** means health care of the following kinds: > > > > > > (a) any care, health service, procedure or treatment (including medical or dental treatment) provided by, or under the supervision of, a health practitioner for the purpose of diagnosing, preventing, assessing, maintaining or treating a physical condition or mental illness; > > > > > > > (b) an intimate forensic procedure and a non-intimate forensic procedure normally carried out by a person authorised to carry out the procedure under [section 40](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-101#GS40@EN) of the [Forensic Procedures Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-101) ; > > > > > > > (c) [*\[Section 35E Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 2023, s. 25, Applied:01 Sep 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-09-01/act-2023-021#GS25@EN) the conduct of health and medical research; > > > > > > > (d) any other kind of health care prescribed to be health care for the purposes of this Part. > > > (2)  In this Part, ***health care*** does not include – > > > > > > (a) any non-intrusive examination made for diagnostic purposes (including a visual examination of the mouth, throat, nasal cavity, eyes or ears); or > > > > > > > (b) first-aid medical or dental treatment; or > > > > > > > (c) the administration of a pharmaceutical drug for the purpose, and in accordance with the dosage level, recommended in the manufacturer's instructions (if the drug is one for which a prescription is not required and which is normally self-administered); or > > > > > > > (d) any other kind of health care that is prescribed as not being health care for the purposes of this Part.