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#### 24 Interpretation 24 Interpretation > > (1) In this Division: > > > > 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 rendered by a person who carries on the profession of masseur and includes any ancillary treatment rendered by such person, but does not include any such massage or treatment which is rendered: > > > > > (a) to a patient in a public hospital, unless such patient has been classified as a private or intermediate patient, > > > > > (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 rendered. > > > > Medical treatment does not include treatment which is rendered: > > > > > (a) to a patient in a public hospital, unless such patient has been classified as a private or intermediate 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 sections 25 (1) (b) and 26 (1) (b), be counted as a separate treatment. > > **s 24:** Am 1972 No 15, Sch; 1972 No 35, sec 2 (1) (a); 1976 No 72, Sch 2; 1977 No 113, Sch 1 (3); 1984 No 86, Sch 5 (15); 1986 No 53, Sch 1; 1997 No 154, Sch 6.27; 2007 No 9, Sch 5.24; 2010 No 97, Sch 2.21; 2011 No 4, Sch 2.23.