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Workers Compensation Act 1987
60AWorker not liable for medical, hospital and rehabilitation charges above applicable rates
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#### 60A Worker not liable for medical, hospital and rehabilitation charges above applicable rates
60A Worker not liable for medical, hospital and rehabilitation charges above applicable rates
> A worker is not liable to pay, and a person is not entitled to recover from a worker, any amount in respect of medical or related treatment, hospital treatment at a hospital or a workplace rehabilitation service, given or provided to the worker as a result of an injury, to the extent that the amount exceeds any applicable maximum, as follows—
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> > (a) in the case of a medical or related treatment for which a sum is fixed under section 61 (2), the applicable maximum is that fixed sum,
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> > (b) in the case of hospital treatment at a hospital, the applicable maximum is the amount calculated as fixed under section 62 (1) as the cost to the hospital of the treatment,
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> > (c) in the case of a workplace rehabilitation service for which a sum is fixed under section 63A (2), the applicable maximum is that fixed sum.
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> **s 60A:** Ins 1995 No 89, Sch 1 \[16\]. Am 1998 No 85, Sch 1 \[38\]; 2010 No 101, Sch 1 \[12\].