Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00005:reg:9:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00005
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 3/3)
Character Range: 8956–9983

the clinical worsening of goitre;
(23)      for nodular goitre only:
(a)           having received a cumulative equivalent dose of at least 1 sievert of ionising radiation to the thyroid gland by the age of 25 years and at least 1 year before the clinical worsening of nodular goitre; or
(b)          undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the thyroid gland was in the field of radiation, by the age of 25 years and at least 1 year before the clinical worsening of nodular goitre;
            Note 1: Exposure to ionising radiation does not include radioiodine therapy for goitre or thyroid nodules.
            Note 2: cumulative equivalent dose is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(24)      for thyrotoxic crisis only, having an acute precipitating event within the 48 hours before that clinical worsening of toxic goitre;
Note: acute precipitating event and thyrotoxic crisis are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(25)      inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for goitre.