sec.215Definitions for div 3

### sec.215 Definitions for div 3 In this division— contracted hospital means a hospital that provides public health services to a patient under a contractual arrangement with the State, but does not include— a public sector hospital under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 ; or a Mater Misericordiae Public Hospital. s 215 def contracted hospital ins 2004 No. 45 s 36 (2) amd 2011 No. 32 s 332 sch 1 pt 2 (amd 2012 No. 9 s 47 ) elective hospitalisation means hospitalisation involving a treatment or procedure decided on by a worker or the worker’s doctor that is of advantage to the worker, but is not fundamental in the treatment of the worker’s injury. hospital includes a day hospital. s 215 def hospital ins 2004 No. 45 s 36 (2) private hospital means a hospital to which a worker is admitted as a private patient. s 215 def private hospital sub 2004 No. 45 s 36 (1) – (2) private patient means a worker who is a patient of a private doctor at a hospital that is not a contracted hospital. s 215 def private patient ins 2004 No. 45 s 36 (2) public hospital means a hospital to which a worker is admitted as a public patient. s 215 def public hospital sub 2004 No. 45 s 36 (1) – (2) public patient means a patient who is not a private patient. s 215 def public patient ins 2004 No. 45 s 36 (2) - (a) a public sector hospital under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 ; or - (b) a Mater Misericordiae Public Hospital.