Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00120:section:58l:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00120
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 58L (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 235214–237787

for the guidance or assistance of, but not social therapy for, a person with a disability, being a dog that the Commissioner is satisfied is properly trained in the guidance or assistance of persons with disabilities.
medical treatment means an act or thing where a payment in respect of the act or thing:
 (a) is a medical expense; and
 (b) is not a payment:
 (i) to a legally qualified medical practitioner, nurse or chemist, or a public or private hospital, in respect of a cosmetic operation that is not a professional service (within the meaning of subsection 3(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973) for which a medicare benefit is payable under Part II of that Act (or for which a medicare benefit would be payable under that Part if section 19AD of that Act were disregarded); or
 (ii) to a legally qualified dentist for dental services that are, or dental treatment that is, solely cosmetic.
 (3) For the purposes of the definitions of medical expenses and medical treatment in subsection (2), a payment is taken to be made to a legally qualified medical practitioner, nurse or chemist (the qualified person) in respect of the provision of services or treatment, or the supply of goods, if:
 (a) the payment is made to an employer (not being a public or private hospital) of the qualified person, or a person with whom the qualified person has entered into a contract for services; and
 (b) the payment is made in respect of the provision of those services or that treatment, or the supply of those goods, by the qualified person.
 (4) For the purposes of the definitions of medical expenses and medical treatment in subsection (2), a payment is taken to be made to a legally qualified dentist in respect of the provision of dental services or treatment or the supply, alteration or repair of artificial teeth if:
 (a) the payment is made to an employer of the dentist, or a person with whom the dentist has entered into a contract for services; and
 (b) the payment is made in respect of the provision of those services or that treatment or the supply, alteration or repair of those artificial teeth, by the dentist.
 (5) For the purposes of the definitions of medical expenses and medical treatment in subsection (2), a payment is taken to be made to a person (a registered dental mechanic) registered under a law of a State or Territory as a dental mechanic in respect of charges lawfully made by the registered dental mechanic for the supply, alteration or repair of artificial teeth if:
 (a) the payment is made to an employer of such a person, or a person with