Section 7 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Acute treatment

7 Acute treatment Acute treatment , in relation to a claimant, means— (a) the first visit to a treatment provider for treatment for a personal injury for which the claimant has cover; and (b) 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): (i) any subsequent visit to that treatment provider for the injury referred to in paragraph (a) ; and (ii) any referral by that treatment provider to any other treatment provider for the injury referred to in paragraph (a) . Compare: 1998 No 114 s 14