45Meaning of multidisciplinary care plan team

45 Meaning of multidisciplinary care plan team

(1) A multidisciplinary care plan team:

(a) includes a medical practitioner; and

(b) includes at least 2 other members, each of whom provides a different kind of care or service to the patient and is not a family carer of the patient, and 1 of whom may be another medical practitioner; and

(c) may additionally include a family carer of the patient.

Examples of persons who, for paragraph (b), may be included in a team are:

Note: (a) allied health professionals such as:

 Aboriginal health care workers

 asthma educators

 audiologists

 dental therapists

 dentists

 diabetes educators

 dieticians

 mental health workers

 occupational therapists

 optometrists

 orthoptists

 orthotists or prosthetists

 pharmacists

 physiotherapists

 podiatrists

 psychologists

 registered nurses

 social workers

 speech pathologists; and

Note: (b) home and community service providers, or care organisers, such as:

 education providers

 ‘meals on wheels’ providers

 personal care workers

 probation officers.

(2) In subrule (1):

family carer includes a person who:

(a) is a relative or friend of the patient; and

(b) is providing care to the patient other than as a paid service.