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Act 1988.
    Note: in the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 the definition of injury includes a disease (see section 5A of that Act).

              "service injury" has the meaning it has in section 5 of the Act.

              "service disease" has the meaning it has in section 5 of the Act.

"short‑term restorative care" has the meaning it has in section 106A of the Subsidy Principles 2014.

    "social worker (general)" means a social worker who in the opinion of an employee of, or consultant to, the Department, has appropriate qualifications in social work and practises as a social worker.

    "social worker (mental health)" means a social worker:

           (a) who has been given a provider number in respect of being a social worker; and

           (b) who, in the opinion of an employee of, or consultant to, the Department or the Human Services Department, has appropriate qualifications in social work in the area of mental health and who practises as a social worker in the area of mental health.
    "speech pathologist", for the purposes of the Principles, is a person who:

         (a) has been trained to assess and treat people who have complex communication needs; and
         (b) has a provider number (i.e. "registered" with the Human Services Department); and
         (c) is not a disqualified health care provider in the terms mentioned in paragraph 7.1B of the Principles.

         Note: under paragraph 7.1B a disqualified health care provider is a person whose services would not, under section 19B of the Health Insurance Act 1973, attract a medicare benefit.

    "sub‑contractor" means, in relation to the MRCA Home Care Program, a State, Territory or Local Government, or incorporated organisation, or person, engaged by an approved provider or the Commission to provide a Home Care service (category A) or a Home Care service (category B) or a Home Care service (category C) to an entitled person.

    "subsequent period of care", in relation to the provision of care by a general practitioner to an entitled person, means a period of care that may be provided by the general practitioner after the expiry of a period of care that has already been provided by the general practitioner to the entitled person.

    Note: a subsequent period of care must be approved by the general practitioner (see: 6A.3).  A period of care by a general practitioner that is not a "subsequent period of care" would be the first period of care provided to a person under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program (Program) and the first period of care provided to a person under the Program by a new general practitioner for the person i.e. where the person has changed general practitioners.

    "transition care" has the meaning it has in section 106 of