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#### 59 Definitions 59 Definitions (cf former s 10 (2)) > In this Division— > > ambulance service includes any conveyance of an injured worker to or from a medical practitioner or hospital. > > hospital treatment means treatment (including treatment by way of rehabilitation) at any hospital or at any rehabilitation centre conducted by a hospital and includes— > > > (a) the maintenance of the worker as a patient at the hospital or rehabilitation centre, > > > (b) the provision or supply by the hospital, at the hospital or rehabilitation centre, of nursing attendance, medicines, medical or surgical supplies, or other curative apparatus, and > > > (c) any other ancillary service, > > but does not include ambulance service. > > medical or related treatment includes— > > > (a) treatment by a medical practitioner, a registered dentist, a dental prosthetist, a registered physiotherapist, a chiropractor, an osteopath, a masseur, a remedial medical gymnast or a speech therapist, > > > (b) therapeutic treatment given by direction of a medical practitioner, > > > (c) (Repealed) > > > (d) the provision of crutches, artificial members, eyes or teeth and other artificial aids or spectacles, > > > (e) any nursing, medicines, medical or surgical supplies or curative apparatus, supplied or provided for the worker otherwise than as hospital treatment, > > > (f) care (other than nursing care) of a worker in the worker’s home directed by a medical practitioner having regard to the nature of the worker’s incapacity, > > > (f1) domestic assistance services, > > > (g) the modification of a worker’s home or vehicle directed by a medical practitioner having regard to the nature of the worker’s incapacity, and > > > (h) treatment or other thing prescribed by the regulations as medical or related treatment, > > but does not include ambulance service, hospital treatment or workplace rehabilitation service. > > 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, > > > (b) a statutory health corporation or affiliated health organisation within the meaning of the [Health Services Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-154), > > > (c) (Repealed) > > > (d) a hospital or other institution (whether in this State or in another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth) that— > > > > > (i) is prescribed by the regulations, or > > > > > (ii) belongs to a class of hospitals or institutions prescribed by the regulations, > > > > for the purposes of this definition. > > workplace rehabilitation service means any service provided as a workplace rehabilitation service by or on behalf of a provider of rehabilitation services approved under section 52 of the 1998 Act. > > Note. > > For the meaning of references in this Division to health practitioners see section 21D of the [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015) and the [Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW)](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2009-86a). > > **s 59:** Am 1989 No 133, Sch 4 (4); 1997 No 154, Sch 6.51 \[2\]; 1998 No 85, Sch 1 \[37\]; 2001 No 94, Sch 3 \[1\]; 2010 No 34, Sch 2.52 \[1\] \[2\]; 2010 No 97, Sch 2.31; 2010 No 101, Sch 1 \[7\]–\[9\]; 2011 No 4, Sch 2.37; 2017 No 50, Sch 5.35 \[1\] \[2\].