Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744:front:0:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 28146–30882

a person requires immediate treatment in circumstances where there is serious threat to the person's life or health.

    "emergency short term home relief" means care provided to an entitled person in his or her home on the following conditions:

            (a) the person or the person's carer is unable to provide care due to sudden and unforeseen circumstances; and

            (b) the period for which the care is provided does not exceed 72 hours (episode) per emergency except that, if the entitled person requires further care within 24 hours after the end of the previous episode in an emergency, and obtains prior approval, a further episode of care (up to 72 hours) may be provided in that emergency; and

            (c) the cumulative period of the care provided to the entitled person did not exceed 216 hours in a Financial year.

     Note: emergency short term home relief is not relevant to the calculation of the daily care fee for residential care or residential care (respite).

    "enrolled nurse" means a person who is registered under a law of a State or Territory or of the Commonwealth to practise as an enrolled nurse.

"entitled person" means a person who is:

(a) an entitled veteran; or

(b) an entitled widow; or

(c) an entitled widower; or

(d) a child eligible for treatment under section 86 of the Act, but not a child who is eligible only under sub‑section 86(5) of the Act; or

          (e) subject to the terms of any determination under section 88A of the Act, a former child of a veteran who is eligible for treatment in accordance with a determination under section 88A of the Act; or

         Note (1): "child" under the Act has a different meaning to its normal meaning and means a person who has not turned 16 or, in the case of a child receiving full‑time education, has not turned 25.  Accordingly a child of a veteran ceases to be a child of the veteran upon turning 16 or 25, as the case may be.  The child is, therefore, a former child of               the veteran.

          Note (2): this paragraph is relevant to the provision of limited VHC‑type services to former children of veterans receiving the Veterans' Home Care services of Domestic Assistance and Home and Garden Maintenance.  See also Determination 7/2001.

          (f)  subject to the terms of any determination under section 88A of the Act, a dependant of a veteran who is the partner of the veteran or

 Note: this paragraph is relevant to the provision of limited VHC‑type services to partners of               entitled veterans receiving the Veterans' Home Care services of Domestic Assistance and               Home and Garden Maintenance.  See also Determination 7/2001.

(g) a person with a DRCA disability.