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undertaking a course in Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander Health, provided by an institution recognised by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Health Islander Practice Board of Australia as suitable for providing a course of that nature, and who obtained a Certificate Level III (or higher) under the course.

"Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Care Co‑ordination treatment" means treatment provided by an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care worker 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 who manages the Comprehensive Care Plan for the person;
                (c) performing such other functions under the program that the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care worker has under the Fees for Coordinated Veterans' Care Program Providers.

    "ACPMH treatment" means action taken with a view to maintaining an entitled member in mental health and includes:
         (a) training members of the Defence Force or staff made available under section 382 of the Act, or both, in the mental health care disciplines that could benefit the mental health of an entitled member; and
         (b) conducting research into mental injuries or diseases suffered by members of the Defence Force or into the mental state generally of such members with the resulting knowledge being applied to the benefit of the health of an entitled member; and
         (c) improving communication on mental injury or disease health care matters between:
               (i) members of the Defence Force who are staff‑managers; and
               (ii) staff made available under section 382 of the Act; and
               (iii) an entitled member; and
         (d) conducting mental injury or disease health care policy research with the outcomes of that research being applied to the benefit of the health of an entitled member.

       Note (1): under section 13 of the Act treatment can be action taken with a view to maintaining a person in physical or mental health.

       Note (2): the term "member" is defined in these Principles so as to include "former member" and the term "Defence Force" is defined in s.5 of the Act.

"Act" means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.

    "admission date" means the date on which a general practitioner records in writing (including in electronic form) that the general practitioner has decided an entitled person may participate in the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program.

    "admitting general practitioner", in relation to an entitled person in the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program, means the general practitioner who decided an entitled person may participate in the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program.

    "allied health