Definition of treatment
13 Definition of treatment
In this Act:
treatment means treatment provided, or action taken, with a view to:
restoring a person to physical or mental health or maintaining a person in physical or mental health; or
alleviating a person’s suffering; or
ensuring a person’s social well‑being.
For the purposes of subsection (1), treatment includes:
providing accommodation in a hospital or other institution, or providing medical procedures, nursing care, social or domestic assistance or transport; and
supplying, renewing, maintaining and repairing artificial replacements, medical aids and other aids and appliances; and
providing diagnostic and counselling services;
for the purposes of, or in connection with, any treatment.
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