Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01913:clause:1_1:p1
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 13717–17674

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                  acute precipitating event means a physical or psychological stimulus or event that causes a sudden, intense psychological or physical response.
Note: Examples of an acute precipitating event include:

           (a)                                                   abrupt cessation or lowering of anti-thyroid therapy;
           (b)        acute illness such as acute myocardial infarction, stroke and congestive heart failure;
           (c)         acute iodine load;
           (d)        experiencing an acute, severe, emotional stressor;
           (e)         infection;
           (f)         parturition;
           (g)       physical trauma or injury; and
           (h)        surgery.
                                  chorionic gonadotrophin-secreting neoplasm means a neoplasm that secretes the beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotrophin, and includes seminoma, choriocarcinoma, non-seminomatous germ cell tumour, hydatidiform mole, teratoma and islet cell tumour.
                                  hyperthyroidism—see subsection 7(2).
                                  iodine excess means:
(a)          an average intake of more than 1,100 micrograms of iodine per day for adults, or more than 900 micrograms per day for those aged 18 years and under, for a continuous period of at least 3 months; or
(b)          having a urinary iodine concentration of greater than 300 micrograms per litre, or greater than 500 micrograms per litre for pregnant women.
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                  relevant service means:
(a)          eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA;
(b)          defence service (other than hazardous service and British nuclear test defence service) under the VEA; or
(c)          peacetime service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                  specified list of drugs means:
(a)          immune checkpoint inhibitors;
(b)          interferon alpha;
(c)          interleukin-2;
(d)          lenalidomide;
(e)          lithium carbonate; or
(f)           tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
                                  specified list of forms of thyroiditis means:
(a)          acute radiation thyroiditis;
(b)          drug-induced thyroiditis;
(c)          infectious thyroiditis;
(d)          silent thyroiditis; or
(e)          subacute thyroiditis.
         Note 1: Infectious thyroiditis may be due to a bacterial or fungal infection of the thyroid gland.  Organisms that can cause infectious thyroiditis include:

            (a)        Salmonella species;
            (b)       bacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; and
            (c)        Pneumocystis jirovecii and fungi belonging to the species Aspergillus, Candida or Coccidioides.
         Note 2: Subacute thyroiditis is also known as de Quervain thyroiditis, granulomatous thyroiditis, giant cell thyroiditis or non-suppurative thyroiditis.
                                  struma ovarii means an ovarian neoplasm defined by the presence of thyroid tissue comprising more than half of the overall mass, that usually occurs as part of a teratoma, but may also occur with a serous or mucinous cystadenoma.
                                  terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes the following:
(a)           pneumonia;
(b)           respiratory failure;
(c)           cardiac arrest;
(d)           circulatory failure; or
(e)           cessation of brain function.
                                  thyrotoxic crisis means a constellation of severe and life-threatening symptoms of rapid onset in a patient with biochemical evidence of elevated thyroid hormones. Characteristic symptoms and signs are fever, marked