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What is a serious injury or illness

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36 What is a serious injury or illness

In this Part, serious injury or illness of a person means an injury or illness requiring the person to have:

(a)

immediate treatment as an in‑patient in a hospital; or

(b)

immediate treatment for:

(i)

the amputation of any part of his or her body; or

(ii)

a serious head injury; or

(iii)

a serious eye injury; or

(iv)

a serious burn; or

(v)

the separation of his or her skin from an underlying tissue (such as degloving or scalping); or

(vi)

a spinal injury; or

(vii)

the loss of a bodily function; or

(viii)

serious lacerations; or

(c)

medical treatment within 48 hours of exposure to a substance;

and includes any other injury or illness prescribed by the regulations but does not include an illness or injury of a prescribed kind.

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