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the enactment of the State and Territory legislation mentioned in this definition.

     National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards means the standards developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare as at 1 January 2013.
          Note:  Development of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards is a function of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare under paragraph 9(1)(e) of National Health Reform Act 2011.
treatment means treatment as referred to in section 69-5 of the Act, other than treatment :
(a) that is the provision of goods or ambulance services; or
(b) provided by a personal care attendant that is general or hospital treatment under a program of care for the patient; or
(c) that primarily takes the form of sport, recreation or entertainment and is part of:
(i) a chronic disease management program; or
(ii) a health management program; or
(d) that is a quit-smoking program or weight-loss program that is general or hospital treatment other than as provided by a person mentioned in rules 7 and 9.

          Part 2

5. Standards
(1) These Rules specify the standards, for section 81-1 of the Act, for treatment covered by a health insurance policy.
      Note:   Treatment does not include the provision of goods or ambulance services―see the definition in rule 4.
(2) If a health care provider provides more than one kind of treatment, each of the treatments provided must meet the relevant standard applying to that particular treatment.

6. Treatments provided by hospitals and health care organisations
(1) In this rule:
(a) treatment provided by a hospital is taken to include treatment provided at a hospital or with the direct involvement of a hospital, including treatment provided by a health care provider who is:
(i) authorised by the hospital to provide the treatment; or
(ii) under the management or control of a health care provider referred to in subparagraph (a) (i); and
(b) treatment provided by a health care organisation is taken to include treatment provided by a health care provider who is:
(i) authorised by the organisation to provide the treatment; or
(ii) under the management or control of a health care provider referred to in subparagraph (b) (i).
(2) The standard for treatment provided by a hospital or health care organisation is that:
(a) for a hospital―if the hospital is required under a State or Territory law to have a permission or approval, or be registered, in the State or Territory in which it operates, so as to operate as a hospital and to provide the treatment in that State or Territory, it has the permission or approval, or is registered, under that law; and
           Note:   'Hospital' is defined in the