18Medical and rehabilitation expenses

18 Medical and rehabilitation expenses (1) Compensation is payable under this section for the reasonable cost of medical and rehabilitation services that are necessary and reasonably required by an eligible person as a result of an injury arising from the motor accident. (2) Medical and rehabilitation services are: (a) medical, surgical and dental treatment; and (b) nursing and other professional care (not including attendant care services); and

Part 4 Payments in respect of injuries Division 2 Attendant care services Subdivision 1 Injuries received prior to 1 July 2014 Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979 24 (c) training and education (not including attendant care services) for rehabilitation of the injured person; and (d) conveying the person to and from a hospital or other place for treatment, training, education or care referred to above; and (e) hospitalisation, or accommodation in some other institution for the treatment, rehabilitation or care of injured persons. (3) If the cost of accommodation, treatment or care in an Australian hospital, or an Australian institution for the treatment, rehabilitation or care of injured persons, is compensable, the compensation must, wherever practicable, be paid directly to the hospital or other institution. (4) In determining whether the cost of medical and rehabilitation services is reasonable, the Commission will, where relevant, apply the Casemix system or other appropriate objective criteria. (5) No compensation is to be paid under this section for: (a) attendant care services; or (b) services provided outside Australia. Division 2 Attendant care services Subdivision 1 Injuries received prior to 1 July 2014 18AA Application of Subdivision This Subdivision does not apply to injuries suffered on or after 1 July 2014.