Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 93

Medical treatment

Section 93 defines "medical treatment" for the purposes of the occupational injuries benefit provisions and explains how separate treatment periods may be linked together.

• Medical treatment includes medical, surgical, or rehabilitative care.
• It also covers any prescribed diet or other health regimen.
• Multiple treatment periods with short gaps between them may be treated as one continuous period.
• Regulations specify the maximum gap duration for linking treatment periods together.