1301Terms used

1301. Terms used

dentist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the dental profession whose name is entered on the Dentists Division of the Register of Dental Practitioners kept under that Law;

incapacity means unfitness for and absence from duty as a result of illness or injury and incapacitated shall be construed accordingly;

Manager means the officer of the Department holding the office of Manager, Health and Welfare;

medical practitioner means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the medical profession;

Medicare benefits has the same meaning as it has in the Health Insurance Act 1973 of the Parliament of the Commonwealth;

region means region of the State within the meaning of section 39(2) of the Act.

[Regulation 1301 inserted: Gazette 17 Nov 1989 p. 4110; amended: Gazette 15 Dec 2006 p. 5635; 8 Jul 2011 p. 2898.]