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Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
sec.211Extent of liability for medical treatment
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### sec.211 Extent of liability for medical treatment
The insurer must pay the following costs for medical treatment for an injury, whether provided at 1 time or at different times—
for medical treatment by a registered person—the cost that the insurer accepts as reasonable, having regard to the relevant table of costs;
for nursing, medicines, medical or surgical supplies, curative apparatus, crutches or other assistive devices given to the worker otherwise than as an in-patient at a hospital—the cost that the insurer accepts as reasonable.
The insurer’s liability for the cost of medical treatment by a registered chiropractor or a registered osteopath extends only to the cost of treatment involving the manipulation, mobilisation and management of the neuromusculoskeletal system of the human body.
s 211 amd 2004 No. 45 s 33
(sec.211-ssec.1) The insurer must pay the following costs for medical treatment for an injury, whether provided at 1 time or at different times— for medical treatment by a registered person—the cost that the insurer accepts as reasonable, having regard to the relevant table of costs; for nursing, medicines, medical or surgical supplies, curative apparatus, crutches or other assistive devices given to the worker otherwise than as an in-patient at a hospital—the cost that the insurer accepts as reasonable.
(sec.211-ssec.2) The insurer’s liability for the cost of medical treatment by a registered chiropractor or a registered osteopath extends only to the cost of treatment involving the manipulation, mobilisation and management of the neuromusculoskeletal system of the human body.
- (a) for medical treatment by a registered person—the cost that the insurer accepts as reasonable, having regard to the relevant table of costs;
- (b) for nursing, medicines, medical or surgical supplies, curative apparatus, crutches or other assistive devices given to the worker otherwise than as an in-patient at a hospital—the cost that the insurer accepts as reasonable.