Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744:front:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 14283–17414

means a person who provides ongoing care, attention and support for a severely incapacitated or frail person to enable that person to continue to reside in his or her home, and is not limited to a person who is receiving a carer service pension.

"Chief Executive Medicare" has the meaning it has in the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973.

      "Classification Principles 2014" means the legislative instrument of that name made under section 96‑1 of the Aged Care Act 1997.

    "clinical psychologist" means a psychologist:

       (a) who has been given a provider number in respect of being a psychologist; and
       (b) has appropriate qualifications in clinical psychology and practises as a clinical psychologist.

    Note: an example of an appropriate qualification would be completion of 2 years of formal, post‑graduate (Masters level) clinical training in an accredited, university based program and completion of 2 more years supervised clinical training as well as continuing education on an annual basis.

         "Commission" means the Repatriation Commission.

    "Commission‑funded treatment" means treatment for which the Commission may accept financial responsibility.

    Note: although the Commission may accept financial responsibility for treatment, actual payment for that treatment is made by the Commonwealth.

    "Commonwealth Home Support Programme service" means a service provided to a person under the programme administered by the Department of Social Services called the "Commonwealth Home Support Programme" and includes any service provided under that programme as the name of the programme may change from time to time.

    "community nurse" means a registered nurse or enrolled nurse who works in a community nursing setting and who is employed or engaged by a community nursing provider.

"Community Nurse Care Co‑ordination treatment" means
    treatment provided by a community nurse 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; and
              (b) liaising, in relation to the Comprehensive Care Plan, with the general practitioner who manages the Comprehensive Care Plan for the person.

  "community nursing provider" means a community nursing provider who has entered into an agreement with the Commission to provide community nursing services to entitled persons.

    "community nursing services" means the community nursing services provided to an entitled person, in respect of which the Commission will accept financial responsibility for under Part 7 of the Principles.

    "compensable patient" means a person who has established, or is likely to establish, an entitlement to damages or compensation from, or has commenced an action for damages against, another party that is not a registered health insurance organisation or a friendly society, for treatment of an injury, disease or other medical condition.

    "Comprehensive Care Plan" means the