New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKERS COMPENSATION (GENERAL) REGULATION 1995 - REG 16

16 Definitions

(1) In this Part:
"advanced surgical patient" means a worker classified as an advanced surgical patient for basic health insurance benefits in the Patient Classification Schedule attached to Private Hospitals Circular No 66 dated July 1987 issued by the Commonwealth Department of Community Services and Health.
"day patient" means a worker whose hospital treatment as an in-patient is restricted to the day of use of the hospital theatre.
"day procedure centre" means a day procedure centre licensed under the Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres Act 1988 .
"hospital category A" means a hospital (other than a public hospital) notified as a category A hospital by the Director-General of the Department of Health by order published in the Gazette, being a hospital which has an intensive care unit approved by that Director-General, 24 hour resident medical cover and one or more of the following:

(a) a surgical class licence issued under the Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres Act 1988 ,

(b) an obstetric class licence issued under the Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres Act 1988 ,

(c) a medical program approved in writing by the Director-General of the Department of Health,

(d) a rehabilitation program approved in writing by that Director-General,

(e) a psychiatric program approved in writing by that Director-General.

"hospital category B" means a hospital (other than a public hospital) notified as a category B hospital by the Director-General of the Department of Health by order published in the Gazette and which has one or more of the following:

(a) a surgical class licence issued under the Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres Act 1988 ,

(b) an obstetric class licence issued under the Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres Act 1988 ,

(c) a medical program approved in writing by the Director-General of the Department of Health,

(d) a rehabilitation program approved in writing by that Director-General,

(e) a psychiatric program approved in writing by that Director-General.

"hospital category C" means a hospital in New South Wales (other than a public hospital) which is not a hospital category A, hospital category B or hospital category D.
"hospital category D" means:

(a) a hospital outside New South Wales, or

(b) a hospital in New South Wales that is conducted by the Commonwealth.

"intensive care unit--level 1 patient" means a worker receiving intensive care treatment at an intensive care unit in a hospital (other than a public hospital), being an intensive care unit approved by the Director-General of the Department of Health as being of a standard described as level 4 in the Guide to the Delineation of the Roles of Area Health Services and Hospitals (dated June 1986 and issued by the Department of Health).
"intensive care unit--level 2 patient" means a worker receiving intensive care treatment at an intensive care unit in a hospital (other than a public hospital), being an intensive care unit approved by the Director-General of the Department of Health as being of a standard described as level 3 in the Guide to the Delineation of the Roles of Area Health Services and Hospitals (dated June 1986 and issued by the Department of Health).
"other patient (medical)" means any worker who is not an advanced surgical patient, a surgical patient, a psychiatric patient, a rehabilitation patient, a day patient, an intensive care unit--level 1 patient or an intensive care unit--level 2 patient.
"procedure benefit band" means a category of treatment requiring the use of an operating theatre and listed in the Medibank Private Procedure Benefit Bandings, published by Medibank Private and as in force on 10 May 1991.
"psychiatric patient" means a worker receiving psychiatric treatment of a kind that is normally afforded at psychiatric units conducted by public hospitals.
"rehabilitation patient" means a worker receiving treatment by way of rehabilitation.
"same day benefit band" means a category of treatment for day patients as referred to in the Day Only Procedures Manual (dated November 1992) issued by the Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing and Community Services.
"surgical patient" means a worker classified as a surgical patient for basic health insurance benefits in the Patient Classification Schedule attached to Private Hospitals Circular No 66 dated July 1987 issued by the Commonwealth Department of Community Services and Health.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, a day procedure centre is, for the purposes of this Part, a hospital (other than a public hospital).

(3) In calculating the number of days of treatment at a hospital (other than a public hospital) for the purposes of this Part, the date of admission to such a hospital and the date of discharge from such a hospital are, if those days occur on different days, to be counted as one day and not as separate days.