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    (c)              in remote areas, activities such as collecting firewood.

    "DRCA" means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988.

    "DRCA disability" means an injury (within the meaning of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988):

         (a)  for which the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission has accepted liability to pay compensation under that Act; and

         (b)  for which the person with the injury is eligible to be provided with treatment under Part 3 of Chapter 6 of the Act.

         Note 1:  In the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 the  definition of injury includes a disease (see section 5A of that Act).

        Note 2: Section 85(2A) of the Act provides eligibility for treatment of a person with an injury under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988.

    "elective surgery" means any non‑urgent surgical procedure performed for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

              "eligible young person" has the meaning it has in section 5 of the Act.

    "emergency" means a situation where a person requires immediate treatment in circumstances where there is serious threat to the person's life or health.

    "emergency short term home relief" means care provided to an entitled person in his or her home on the following conditions:

            (a) the person or the person's carer is unable to provide care due to sudden and unforeseen circumstances; and
            (b) the period for which the care is provided does not exceed 72 hours (episode) per emergency except that, if the entitled person requires further care within 24 hours after the end of the previous episode in an emergency, and obtains prior approval, a further episode of care (up to 72 hours) may be provided in that emergency; and

            (c) the cumulative period of the care provided to the entitled person did not exceed 216 hours in a Financial year.

        Note:  emergency short term home relief is not relevant to the calculation of the daily care fee for residential care or residential care (respite).

    "entitled member" means a member or former member as defined in section 5 of the Act who is or was entitled to treatment under Part 3 of Chapter 6 of the Act and means a person with a DRCA disability.

    "entitled person" means a person who is entitled to treatment under Part 3 of Chapter 6 of the Act.

         Note: this includes a person with a DRCA disability.

    "wholly dependent partner" or "wholly dependent partner" means a wholly dependent partner as defined in section 5 of the Act.

"episode of care" means services provided to a patient by a health provider that:

 (a) have been detailed in a patient care plan;

 (b) are characterised by continuity of treatment or provision of service;