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be provided;

 (c) the proposed management of the injury or disease; and

         (d) an estimation of the duration and frequency of the service to be provided.

    "period of care" in relation to the care provided by:

            (a) a general practitioner; or
            (b) a practice nurse; or
           (c) an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care worker; or
           (d) a community nurse (via a DVA‑contracted community nursing provider);

    to an entitled person under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program (Program), means the period set out in the Notes for Coordinated Veterans' Care Program Providers in relation to the general practitioner, practice nurse, community nurse or Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care worker, provided that any subsequent period of care by the same general practitioner is approved by the general practitioner for the person.

     "Personal Care" means the service under the Veterans' Home Care Program consisting of assistance with daily self care tasks, such as eating, bathing, toileting, dressing, grooming, getting in and out of bed, and moving about the house.

     "PBS" means the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme authorised under the National Health Act 1953.
         "physiotherapy" includes hydrotherapy.

    "practice nurse" means a registered nurse or enrolled nurse employed or engaged by a general practitioner as a nurse in the practice of the general practitioner.

"Practice Nurse Care Co‑ordination treatment" means
    treatment provided by a practice nurse to an entitled person, under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program, comprised of:

               (a) implementing the Comprehensive Care Plan for the person under the Program — in particular co‑ordinating treatment services under the Comprehensive Care Plan;
              (b) liaising, in relation to the Comprehensive Care Plan, with the general practitioner supervising the practice nurse in relation to the implementation of the Comprehensive Care Plan;
                (c) performing such other functions under the program that the practice nurse has under the Notes for Coordinated Veterans' Care Program Providers.

    "practitioner" has the same meaning as in section 124B of the Health Insurance Act 1973 in force from time to time.

    "Principles" means this instrument.

    "prior approval" means that approval for the assumption by the Commission of the whole, or partial, financial responsibility for certain treatment must be given by the Commission before that treatment is commenced or undertaken.

    "prisoner of war" includes a person who, as a civilian, was detained by the enemy during World War 2 ‑ but being a civilian within the meaning of "eligible civilian" in the Act.

    "private health insurer" has the meaning it has in the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

     "private hospital" means premises that have been declared specifically as private hospitals for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
"proscribed amount" means, in relation to the Veterans' Home Care Program:

         (a) subject