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#### 98 Definitions 98 Definitions > In this Part— > > involuntary patient includes a forensic patient and a correctional patient. > > special medical treatment means— > > > (a) any treatment, procedure, operation or examination that is intended, or is reasonably likely, to have the effect of rendering permanently infertile the person on whom it is carried out, or > > > (b) any other kind of treatment declared by the regulations to be special medical treatment for the purposes of this Part. > > surgical operation means a surgical procedure, a series of related surgical operations or surgical procedures, and the administration of an anaesthetic for the purpose of medical investigation. > > **s 98:** Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2 \[26\].