8Catastrophic brain injury or disease

8 Catastrophic brain injury or disease

An injury or disease is a catastrophic brain injury or disease if the injury or disease results in an impairment of cognitive, physical or psychosocial functions and it results in:

(a) one or more of the following:

(i) a period of post traumatic amnesia of at least 7 days;

(ii) a significant brain imaging abnormality;

(iii) a score for the Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) tool of less than 25; or

(b) damage to the brain similar in effect and severity to that referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii).