121‑10 Meaning of general treatment121‑10 Meaning of general treatment

121‑10 Meaning of general treatment (1) General treatment is treatment (including the provision of goods and services) that: (a) is intended to manage or prevent a disease, injury or condition; and (b) is not *hospital treatment. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), general treatment includes any other treatment, or treatment included in a class of treatments, specified in the Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules for the purposes of this subsection. (2A) Despite paragraph (1)(b), general treatment also includes benefits for travel or accommodation relating to hospital treatment. (3) Despite subsections (1), (2) and (2A), neither of the following is *general treatment: (a) the rendering in Australia of a service for which *medicare benefit is payable (or would be payable if section 19AD of the Health Insurance Act 1973 were disregarded), unless the Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules provide otherwise; (b) any other treatment, or treatment included in a class of treatments, specified in the Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules for the purposes of this paragraph.