Compensation for medical and other expenses for existing claimants
6 Compensation for medical and other expenses for existing claimants
Compensation is payable in accordance with Division 3 of Part 3 of the Act to an existing injured worker for any of the following treatments, services or assistance if approved by the insurer before 1 January 2014—
treatment by a medical practitioner, a registered dentist or a dental prosthetist,
hospital treatment and any related workplace rehabilitation services,
any nursing, medicines, medical or surgical supplies or curative apparatus, supplied or provided for the worker otherwise than as hospital treatment,
the provision of artificial members, hearing aids, hearing aid batteries, crutches, spectacles, eyes or teeth and other artificial aids.
This clause has effect despite any provision of section 59A of the Act but does not affect the operation of section 151A of the Act.
In this clause—
existing injured worker means a worker who was in receipt of compensation under Part 3 of the Act before the commencement of section 59A of the Act.
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