1Health Services (Day Hospital Facility) Determination 2016

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Health Services Act 2016

Health Services (Day Hospital Facility) Determination 2016

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Health Services (Day Hospital Facility) Determination 2016

Contents

1. Citation 1

2. Commencement 1

3. Health services provided by day hospital facility 1

Notes

Compilation table 3

Defined terms

Health Services Act 2016

Health Services (Day Hospital Facility) Determination 2016

1. Citation

	This determination is the *Health Services (Day Hospital Facility) Determination 2016*.

2. Commencement

This determination comes into operation on the day on which the Health Services Act 2016 section 262(5) comes into operation.

3. Health services provided by day hospital facility

(1) In this clause —

mental illness has the meaning given in the Mental Health Act 2014 section 4;

multi‑disciplinary team means a team of health professionals that includes at least one psychiatrist, one clinical psychologist, one registered mental health nurse, one occupational therapist and one social worker;

procedure means an elective surgical or medical procedure;

psychiatrist has the meaning given in the Mental Health Act 2014 section 4.

(2) The following health services are determined for the purposes of the definition of day hospital facility in section 8(1) of the Act —

(a) a procedure that involves the administration of a general, spinal or epidural anaesthetic;

(b) a procedure performed under sedation, plexus blockade or Biers Block;

(c) a procedure that involves the invasion of a sterile body cavity;

(d) peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis for the treatment of end stage renal failure;

(e) a psychiatric treatment programme that —

(i) is for a patient who has a mental illness; and

(ii) is provided by a multi‑disciplinary team under the direction and supervision of a psychiatrist; and

(iii) is a half or full day programme that consists of more than one type of mainstream therapeutic activity.

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Health Services (Day Hospital Facility) Determination 2016. The following table contains information about this determination.