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to; or
      (b) continued, non-emergency, treatment in;
      a Tier 2 or Tier 3 hospital, the Commission must consider where the person's needs can most appropriately be met within a reasonable time, having regard to:
           (c) advice from the person's treating medical practitioner concerning:
           (i) the injury or disease being treated; and
               (ii) the clinical need for the proposed treatment; and
         (iii) the degree of pain or discomfort; and
         (iv) the effect on the person's quality of life; and
         (d) in light of the severity of the entitled person's clinical condition:
                (i) the waiting time, if any, at that hospital compared with waiting times, if any, at relevant Tier 1 or Tier 2 hospitals, as the case may be; and
               (ii) the distance that the entitled person would have to travel; and
           (e) reasonable control over Commonwealth expenditure; and
           (f) the extent of a clinical need for continuity of care by a particular medical practitioner; and
         (g) any other relevant requirement in these Principles or in the Act.

4.4 Admission to Tier 3 hospital of choice

If prior approval has been given for an entitled person to be admitted to a Tier 2 hospital for the purpose of particular treatment, or an entitled person has been admitted for treatment to a Tier 2 hospital in accordance with paragraph 3.3, the person may elect to be admitted to a Tier 3 hospital of his or her choice for that treatment.

4.5 Commonwealth liability if Tier 3 admission by choice

If an entitled person, in accordance with paragraph 4.4, elects to be admitted to a Tier 3 hospital, the Commonwealth will be liable only for:

      (a) accommodation costs; and
      (b) pharmaceutical fees; and
      (c) theatre fees; and
      (d) certain incidental expenses;

    provided such costs, fees or expenses are, in the Commission's opinion, reasonable.

5. Treatment Monitoring

5.1 Consultative Forum

5.1.1 A consultative forum is given the function of monitoring these Principles, especially in respect of access to, and quality of, the care, welfare and treatment provided to entitled persons.  In particular, the consultative forum has the role of receiving and considering comments and concerns, and providing information relating to these issues to the ex-service community.