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in each State established by the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the purpose of, among other functions, monitoring the treatment of entitled persons and consisting of representatives of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, the Repatriation Commission and the ex-service community.

         contracted private hospital means a private hospital in respect of which the Commission has entered into arrangements under section 285 of the Act for the treatment of entitled persons.

         Department means the Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs.

         emergency means a situation in which a person requires immediate treatment because of a serious threat to the person's life or health.

         entitled person means a person entitled to treatment under Part 3 of Chapter 6 of the Act

         former Repatriation Hospital means a hospital or other institution that was formerly operated by the Repatriation Commission under paragraph 89(1)(a) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

 Note:  see the Repatriation Institutions (Transfer) Act 1992

         Local Medical Officer means a medical practitioner who:

            (a) is registered under the Notes for Local Medical officers as a Local Medical Officer and who treats an entitled person in accordance with the terms, and subject to the conditions, in the MRCA Treatment Principles and in the "Notes for Local Medical Officers"; and

            (b) has been given a provider number by Medicare, in respect of being a medical practitioner, that has not been suspended or revoked.

         medical practitioner means a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners but does not include a person so registered or licensed:

            (a)  whose registration, or licence to practise, as a medical practitioner in any State or Territory has been suspended, or cancelled, following an inquiry relating to his or her conduct; and
            (b) who has not, after that suspension or cancellation, again been authorised to register or practise as a medical practitioner in that State or Territory.

         medical specialist means a medical practitioner who is recognised as a consultant physician or specialist in the appropriate specialty for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

         Medicare means the Chief Executive Medicare under Part IIA of the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973.

         MRCA Treatment Principles means the determination by the Commission under paragraph 286(1)(a) of the Act that sets out the circumstances in which, and conditions subject to which, treatment may be provided to entitled persons.

         Notes for Local Medical Officers has the same meaning it has in the MRCA Treatment Principles.

         Principles means the current MRCA Private Patient Principles determined by the Commission under paragraph 286(1)(b) of the Act that sets out, among other things, the circumstances in which treatment may be provided