Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020C00421:reg:7:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020C00421
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 2/5)
Character Range: 8006–10885

hand-held weapon, or being required to adopt this posture due to undertaking activity in a cramped or confined space.
(6)          having a surgical procedure under general anaesthesia, within the two months before the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
(7)          having a surgical procedure to the affected elbow, including elbow arthroscopy, within the one year before the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
(8)          being hospitalised, or confined to bed in a supine position, for at least two days within the 30 days before the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
(9)          daily self-propulsion of a manual wheelchair:
(a)          for a cumulative period of at least 60 hours within a continuous period of six months before the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow; and
(b)          where this activity has not ceased more than 30 days before the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
(10)      having paraplegia at the time of the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
(11)      using elbow or forearm crutches:
(a)          for a cumulative period of at least 60 hours within a continuous period of six months before the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow; and
(b)          where this activity has not ceased more than 30 days before the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
(12)      having an inflammatory or degenerative joint disease from the specified list of inflammatory and degenerative joint diseases, involving the affected elbow, at the time of the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
Note: specified list of inflammatory and degenerative joint diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(13)      having amyloidosis at the time of the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
Note: amyloidosis is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(14)      having haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis for at least the one year before the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
(15)      having a cerebrovascular accident with hemiplegia, excluding transient ischaemic attack or transient symptoms with infarction, before the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
(16)      having an external burn to the affected arm requiring hospitalisation, within the five years before the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
(17)      being pregnant within the three months before the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
(18)      having an infection involving the affected ulnar nerve in the region of the elbow at the time of the clinical onset of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow;
Note: Examples of an infection involving the affected ulnar nerve include Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy) and tuberculosis.
(19)      smoking at least ten pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other