39ADefinitions

#### 39A Definitions 39A Definitions > > (1) In this Part: > > > > ambulance vehicle means a vehicle which is fitted or equipped or constructed for use for the conveyance of sick or injured persons and which is controlled by the Health Administration Corporation constituted by the [Health Administration Act 1982](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1982-135). > > > > hospital means a public hospital, or a private health facility licensed under the [Private Health Facilities Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-009), and includes a hospital or institution in the nature of a hospital conducted by or on behalf of the State. > > > > massage treatment means massage provided by a person who carries on the profession of masseur and includes any ancillary treatment provided by the person, but does not include any massage or treatment provided: > > > > > (a) to a patient in a public hospital, unless the patient has been classified as a private or intermediate patient, or > > > > > (b) to any patient in a hospital by a person who is a paid employee of the hospital and who, in the course of that person’s employment at the hospital, normally works for at least 30 hours per week. > > > > masseur means a person by whom massage treatment is provided. > > > > medical treatment does not include treatment provided: > > > > > (a) to a patient in a public hospital, unless the patient has been classified as a private patient, > > > > > (b) to any patient in a hospital by a resident medical officer of such hospital. > > > > nursing includes treatment by a registered nurse. > > > > public hospital means: > > > > > (a) a public hospital within the meaning of the [Health Services Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-154) controlled by a local health district or the Crown, or > > > > > (b) a statutory health corporation or affiliated health organisation within the meaning of that Act. > > > (2) Where, at a public hospital, a person receives, as an out-patient, treatments of different kinds or at different places, each treatment shall, for the purposes of section 39B (1) (b), be counted as a separate treatment. > > **s 39A:** Ins 1989 No 47, Sch 1 (19). Am 1997 No 154, Sch 6.25; 2007 No 9, Sch 5.22; 2010 No 97, Sch 2.20; 2011 No 4, Sch 2.22.