Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00924:reg:9:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00924
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 13712–16759

chronic kidney disease before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
            Note: chronic kidney disease is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(37)      undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the affected artery was in the field of radiation, before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
(38)      having received a cumulative equivalent dose of at least 0.5 sievert of ionising radiation to the affected artery before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
            Note: cumulative equivalent dose is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(39)      an inability to consume an average of at least 100 grams per day of any combination of fruit and vegetables, for at least five consecutive years within the 20 years before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
(40)      having infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C virus before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
(41)      having periodontitis for at least the two years before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
(42)      having infection of the affected artery with a bacterial or fungal organism before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
(43)      having an autoimmune disease of the affected artery before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
Note: Examples of autoimmune diseases that may cause carotid artery disease are ankylosing spondylitis, antiphospholipid syndrome, Behcet disease, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriatic arthropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis.
(44)      having a neoplasm infiltrating the affected segment of the artery at the time of the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
(45)      being exposed to arsenic as specified before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
            Note: being exposed to arsenic as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(46)      having obstructive sleep apnoea for at least the one year before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
(47)      for dissection of the internal carotid artery only, being within the 30 days postpartum at the time of the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
(48)      for aneurysm, dissection or arteriovenous fistula only, having trauma to the affected segment of the artery before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
            Note: trauma to the affected segment of the artery is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(49)      for dissection only:
(a)          having trauma to the neck or the base of the skull within the six months before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
                Note: trauma to the neck or the base of the skull is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(b)          taking a fluoroquinolone antibiotic within the 30 days before the clinical worsening of carotid artery disease;
(50)      for aneurysm or dissection of the common or internal carotid artery only, taking