Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00006:clause:1_1:p2
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day for those aged 18 years and under, for a continuous period of at least 3 months; or
(b)          having a urinary iodine concentration of greater than 300 micrograms per litre, or greater than 500 micrograms per litre for pregnant women.
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                  one pack-year means the amount of tobacco consumed in smoking 20 cigarettes per day for a period of 1 year, or an equivalent amount of tobacco products.
         Note 1: An equivalent amount of tobacco products is 7,300 grams of smoking tobacco by weight, either in cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, or a combination of same. For pipe tobacco, cigars or combinations of multiple tobacco types, 1 gram of tobacco is considered to be equal to one cigarette.
         Note 2: Pack-years are calculated by dividing the number of cigarettes smoked per day by 20 and multiplying this number by the number of years the person has smoked. For example, smoking 10 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 5 pack-years, and smoking 40 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 20 pack-years.
                                  relevant service means:
(a)          operational service under the VEA;
(b)          peacekeeping service under the VEA;
(c)          hazardous service under the VEA;
(d)          British nuclear test defence service under the VEA;
(e)          warlike service under the MRCA; or
(f)           non-warlike service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                  specified list of diseases means:
(a)          amyloidosis;
(b)          hereditary haemochromatosis;
(c)          Langerhan cell histiocytosis;
(d)          Pneumocystis jirovecii infection;
(e)          sarcoidosis;
(f)           systemic lupus erythematosus;
(g)          systemic sclerosis (scleroderma); or
(h)          tuberculosis.
                                  specified list of drugs means:
(a)          carbamazepine;
(b)          interferon alpha;
(c)          interleukin-2;
(d)          lithium carbonate;
(e)          phenytoin;
(f)           sorafenib;
(g)          sunitinib; or
(h)          valproic acid.
                               specified list of forms of thyroiditis means:
(a)          infectious thyroiditis;
(b)          Riedel thyroiditis;
(c)          silent thyroiditis, including postpartum thyroiditis; or
(d)          subacute thyroiditis.
         Note 1: Infectious thyroiditis may be due to a bacterial, fungal or parasitic infection of the thyroid gland. Organisms that can cause infectious thyroiditis include:

            (a)     Salmonella species;
            (b)     bacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex;
            (c)     Pneumocystis jirovecii and fungi belonging to the species Aspergillus, Candida or Coccidioides; and
            (d)     parasites belonging to the genera Echinocococcus and Strongyloides.
         Note 2: Subacute thyroiditis is also known as de Quervain thyroiditis, granulomatous thyroiditis, giant cell thyroiditis or non-suppurative thyroiditis.
                                  terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes the following:
(a)           pneumonia;
(b)           respiratory failure;
(c)           cardiac arrest;
(d)           circulatory failure; or
(e)           cessation of brain function.
                                  thyrotoxic crisis means a constellation of severe and life-threatening symptoms of rapid onset in a patient with biochemical evidence of elevated