4Purpose

4 Purpose

The purpose of this instrument is to prescribe conditions that must be satisfied for the purpose of the definition of catastrophic injury or disease in subsection 213(1) of the Act.

5 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.

catastrophic amputation injury or disease, see section 9.

catastrophic blindness injury or disease, see section 11.

catastrophic brain injury or disease, see section 8.

catastrophic burn injury or disease, see section 10.

catastrophic injury or disease, see subsection 213(1) of the Act.

catastrophic nerve injury or disease, see section 7.

disease means a disease in respect of which compensation is payable under the Act.

FIMTM score sheet is the Functional Independence Measure score sheet which is a basic indicator of severity of functional limitation, being the version of the document as it exists on the day of commencement of this instrument and published by the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre.

Note: The FIMTM score sheet is available at: https://ahsri.uow.edu.au/aroc/whatisfim/index.html by opening the page and clicking on the excel diagram under the heading “AN-SNAP Calculator With Benchmarks”.

injury means an injury in respect of which compensation is payable under the Act.

Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) tool is a common cognitive screening or assessment tool used in clinical practices, being the version of the document as it exists on the day of commencement of this instrument and published by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.

Note : The Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) tool is available at: https://www.ihpa.gov.au/what-we-do/standardised-mini-mental-state-examination-smmse by opening the page and clicking on the heading “Standard Mini-Mental Examination (SMMSE) tool”.