60Compensation for cost of medical or hospital treatment and rehabilitation etc

60 Compensation for cost of medical or hospital treatment and rehabilitation etc

60 Compensation for cost of medical or hospital treatment and rehabilitation etc

(1) If, as a result of an injury received by a worker, it is reasonably necessary that—

(a) any medical or related treatment (other than domestic assistance) be given, or

(b) any hospital treatment be given, or

(c) any ambulance service be provided, or

(d) any workplace rehabilitation service be provided,

the worker’s employer is liable to pay, in addition to any other compensation under this Act, the cost of that treatment or service and the related travel expenses specified in subsection (2).

Note.

Compensation for domestic assistance is provided for by section 60AA.

(2) If it is necessary for a worker to travel in order to receive any such treatment or service (except any treatment or service excluded from this subsection by the regulations), the related travel expenses the employer is liable to pay are—

(a) the cost to the worker of any fares, travelling expenses and maintenance necessarily and reasonably incurred by the worker in obtaining the treatment or being provided with the service, and

(b) if the worker is not reasonably able to travel unescorted—the amount of the fares, travelling expenses and maintenance necessarily and reasonably incurred by an escort provided to enable the worker to be given the treatment or provided with the service.

(2A) The worker’s employer is not liable under this section to pay the cost of any treatment or service (or related travel expenses) if—

(a) the treatment or service is given or provided without the prior approval of the insurer (not including treatment provided within 48 hours of the injury happening and not including treatment or service that is exempt under the Workers Compensation Guidelines from the requirement for prior insurer approval), or

(b) the treatment or service is given or provided by a person who is not appropriately qualified to give or provide the treatment or service, or

(c) the treatment or service is not given or provided in accordance with any conditions imposed by the Workers Compensation Guidelines on the giving or providing of the treatment or service, or