Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 217

217 Cost of hospitalisation at private hospital

(1) The cost for which an insurer is liable for hospitalisation of a worker as an in-patient at a private hospital is the cost for the provision of the facility at a private hospital where a procedure is carried out.

(2) The insurer must pay the cost of hospitalisation, whether the hospitalisation is provided at 1 time or at different times.

(3) The insurer must pay the cost of hospitalisation that—

(a) is published by WorkCover by gazette notice; or

(b) if a cost of hospitalisation is not published—the cost lawfully charged by the hospital.

(4) In fixing a cost of hospitalisation to be published under subsection (3) (a) , WorkCover must consult with self-insurers.