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Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
sec.232KMeaning of excluded treatment, care or support
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### sec.232K Meaning of excluded treatment, care or support
Treatment, care or support is excluded treatment, care or support if it—
is provided without charge; or
for a child—ordinarily falls within the ordinary costs of raising a child; or
must be provided by a registered provider but is provided by a person who, at the time of provision, is not a registered provider; or
is provided as part of a medical trial or on another experimental basis; or
is provided by State emergency services, including the Queensland Ambulance Service, Queensland Fire and Rescue or Rural Fire Service Queensland; or
is prescribed by regulation.
For subsection (1) (c) , the following treatment, care or support must be provided by a registered provider—
attendant care and support services that are personal assistance services or services to assist a person to participate in the community;
any other treatment, care or support prescribed by regulation.
However, subsection (2) (a) does not apply if the treatment, care or support is being provided to a person at a hospital (whether as an in-patient or an outpatient) as part of the services provided by the hospital.
In this section—
registered provider , of a service, means an entity registered in the register of providers as a provider of the service.
register of providers means the register of providers kept by the Regulator under section 329B .
s 232K ins 2016 No. 44 s 30
amd 2024 No. 22 s 92 sch 1 ; 2024 No. 40 s 47
(sec.232K-ssec.1) Treatment, care or support is excluded treatment, care or support if it— is provided without charge; or for a child—ordinarily falls within the ordinary costs of raising a child; or must be provided by a registered provider but is provided by a person who, at the time of provision, is not a registered provider; or is provided as part of a medical trial or on another experimental basis; or is provided by State emergency services, including the Queensland Ambulance Service, Queensland Fire and Rescue or Rural Fire Service Queensland; or is prescribed by regulation.
(sec.232K-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (c) , the following treatment, care or support must be provided by a registered provider— attendant care and support services that are personal assistance services or services to assist a person to participate in the community; any other treatment, care or support prescribed by regulation.
(sec.232K-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) (a) does not apply if the treatment, care or support is being provided to a person at a hospital (whether as an in-patient or an outpatient) as part of the services provided by the hospital.
(sec.232K-ssec.4) In this section— registered provider , of a service, means an entity registered in the register of providers as a provider of the service. register of providers means the register of providers kept by the Regulator under section 329B .
- (a) is provided without charge; or
- (b) for a child—ordinarily falls within the ordinary costs of raising a child; or
- (c) must be provided by a registered provider but is provided by a person who, at the time of provision, is not a registered provider; or
- (d) is provided as part of a medical trial or on another experimental basis; or
- (e) is provided by State emergency services, including the Queensland Ambulance Service, Queensland Fire and Rescue or Rural Fire Service Queensland; or
- (f) is prescribed by regulation.
- (a) attendant care and support services that are personal assistance services or services to assist a person to participate in the community;
- (b) any other treatment, care or support prescribed by regulation.