Accident Compensation Act 2001

Preliminary provisions

7: Acute treatment

You could also call this:

"Getting quick medical help for covered injuries"

Acute treatment refers to medical care you receive for a personal injury that is covered by the accident compensation scheme. This includes your first visit to a treatment provider for that injury. It also includes any follow-up visits or referrals to other treatment providers, but only if the treatment provider thinks you need urgent care. The treatment provider decides if your treatment is urgent based on how waiting might affect your health. Remember, this only applies to injuries that are covered by the scheme.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

7Acute treatment

  1. Acute treatment, in relation to a claimant, means—

  2. the first visit to a treatment provider for treatment for a personal injury for which the claimant has cover; and
    1. the following treatments if, in the treatment provider's reasonable clinical judgment, the need for the treatment is urgent (given the likely clinical effect on the claimant of any delay in treatment):
      1. any subsequent visit to that treatment provider for the injury referred to in paragraph (a); and
        1. any referral by that treatment provider to any other treatment provider for the injury referred to in paragraph (a).