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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION REGULATION 2014 - REG 117D

Eligibility criteria for traumatic brain injury

117D Eligibility criteria for traumatic brain injury

(1) The eligibility criteria for a traumatic brain injury resulting in a permanent impairment are—
(a) any or all of the following apply—
(i) the injury results in post-traumatic amnesia lasting 7 days or more as evidenced by an assessment using an approved scale;
(ii) the worker is or was in a coma, other than an induced coma, for 1 hour or more as a result of the injury;
(iii) brain imaging shows a significant brain abnormality as a result of the injury; and
(b) the worker’s functional ability as a result of the injury is assessed as 5 or less for a motor or cognitive item using—
(i) for an adult—the functional independence measure instrument; or
(ii) for a child—the childrens functional independence measure instrument.
(2) In this section—

"approved scale" , for assessing post-traumatic amnesia, means—
(a) the Westmead PTA scale; or
(b) a clinically accepted scale similar to the Westmead PTA scale approved by the Regulator for this definition.

"Westmead PTA scale" means the clinical tool, known as the Westmead Post-traumatic Amnesia Scale, used to assess the period a person suffers post-traumatic amnesia.



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