Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00243:section:36
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Provision Reference: s 36
Character Range: 85692–86480

36  What is a serious injury or illness
  In this Part, serious injury or illness of a person means an injury or illness requiring the person to have:
 (a) immediate treatment as an in‑patient in a hospital; or
 (b) immediate treatment for:
 (i) the amputation of any part of his or her body; or
 (ii) a serious head injury; or
 (iii) a serious eye injury; or
 (iv) a serious burn; or
 (v) the separation of his or her skin from an underlying tissue (such as degloving or scalping); or
 (vi) a spinal injury; or
 (vii) the loss of a bodily function; or
 (viii) serious lacerations; or
 (c) medical treatment within 48 hours of exposure to a substance;
and includes any other injury or illness prescribed by the regulations but does not include an illness or injury of a prescribed kind.