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Act.

         Deputy Commissioner means the person appointed by the Secretary of the Department to manage the affairs of the Department in a State or Territory.

         emergency means a situation in which a person requires immediate treatment because of a serious threat to the person's life or health.

         entitled person means a person eligible for treatment under Part V of the Act but does not include a Vietnam veteran, or a dependant of a Vietnam veteran, who is eligible only under subsection 85(9) or subsection 86(5) of the Act, respectively, for urgent treatment.

         former Repatriation Hospital means a hospital or other institution that was formerly operated by the Commission under paragraph 89(1)(a) of the Act.

 Note:  see the Repatriation Institutions (Transfer) Act 1992

         Local Medical Officer means a medical practitioner who:

           (a) is registered under the Notes for Local Medical officers as a Local Medical Officer and who treats an entitled person in accordance with the terms, and subject to the conditions, in the Treatment Principles and in the "Notes for Local Medical Officers"; and

              (b) has been given a provider number by Medicare, in respect of being a medical practitioner, that has not been suspended or revoked.

         medical practitioner means a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners but does not include a person so registered or licensed:

           (a)  whose registration, or licence to practise, as a medical practitioner in any State or Territory has been suspended, or cancelled, following an inquiry relating to his or her conduct; and
           (b) who has not, after that suspension or cancellation, again been authorised to register or practise as a medical practitioner in that State or Territory.

         medical specialist means a medical practitioner who is recognised as a consultant physician or specialist in the appropriate specialty for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

         Medicare means the Chief Executive Medicare under Part IIA of the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973.

         Notes for Local Medical Officers has the same meaning it has in the Treatment Principles.

         Principles means the current Repatriation Private Patient Principles determined by the Commission under subsection 90A(1) of the Act.

         prior approval means:
                (a) in relation to treatment—approval by the Commission for treatment before the treatment was given or commenced to be given; and
                (b) in relation to admission to a hospital—approval by the Commission for admission to that hospital before the person is admitted.

         private hospital means premises that have been declared to be:
                (a) a private hospital for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973; or
                (b) a day hospital facility for the purposes of the National