1.1.T.170 Treating health professional (THP) (CA, CP)

Definition: CA & CP (child)

The Secretary has approved the following classes of people as THPs who can complete the DCLA (1.1.D.170) professional questionnaires for child care receivers:

a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a state or territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners,
a person registered or licensed as a nurse under the law of a state or territory that provides for the registration or licensing of nurses,
an occupational therapist who is eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists,
a person registered or licensed to practise physiotherapy under a law of a state or territory that provides for the registration or licensing of physiotherapists,
a person registered as a psychologist under a law of a state or territory that provides for the registration of psychologists,
a person employed in a clinical role as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander health worker, by a health service, in a geographically remote location,
a person registered or licensed to practice speech pathology under a law of a state or territory that provides for the registration or licensing of speech pathologists, or
if registration or licensing of speech pathologists is not available is a state or territory, a person employed as a speech pathologist who is a member of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited.

Act reference: SSAct section 38E Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) Determination, section 38F Treating health professional

Definition: CA & CP (adult)

The Secretary has approved the following classes of people as THPs who can complete the ADAT (1.1.A.78) professional questionnaire for adult care receivers:

a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a state or territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners,
a person registered or licensed as a nurse under the law of a state or territory that provides for the registration or licensing of nurses,
an occupational therapist who is eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists,
a person registered and licensed to practise physiotherapy under a law of a state or territory that provides for the registration or licensing of physiotherapists,
any member of an Australian, state and territory government funded ACAT, and
an Aboriginal health worker may be considered equivalent to a THP if:
- the claimant lives in a remote area such as a remote Aboriginal community,
- there is likely to be a delay from obtaining a report from one of the above listed THPs, AND
- the care receiver's medical condition was originally diagnosed by a medical practitioner.

Act reference: SSAct section 38C Adult Disability Assessment Tool

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Last reviewed: 1 July 2010

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