Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003

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.

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