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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about toxic retinopathy and death from toxic retinopathy.
Meaning of toxic retinopathy
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, toxic retinopathy:
(a)          means pathological changes in the cells of the retina of the eye, in the presence of:
(i)            sustained vision impairment; and
(ii)         evidence from the history, physical examination, or diagnostic testing that the pathological changes are caused by a chemical agent; and
(b)          includes chemically induced chronic cystoid macular oedema, crystalline retinopathy, toxic maculopathy, and peripheral retinal degeneration that does not involve the macula; and
(c)           excludes toxic optic neuropathy, zonal occult outer retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal detachment and breaks, and retinal photodamage.
Death from toxic retinopathy
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, toxic retinopathy, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's toxic retinopathy.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.