It states only that they consist of "any medically required services rendered by medical practitioners". The Act does not define the phrases "medically necessary" or "medically required". 27 At the time of trial, the provision of medical treatment by doctors and other health care practitioners in British Columbia was governed by the Medical and Health Care Services Act. (It is now known as the Medicare Protection Act.) Its structure accords with the criteria set out in the Canada Health Act. Sections 6 and 8 of the Medical and Health Care Services Act entitle residents of the province to the benefits provided by the Act: 6. (1)A resident who wishes to be enrolled as a beneficiary on his or her own behalf, or on behalf of his or her spouse or children, must apply to the commission in the manner required by the commission. (2)The commission must, after determining that the applicant, the spouse of the applicant and each of the applicant's children named in the application are residents, enroll as beneficiaries those covered by the application who are residents, effective not more than 3 months after receipt of the application. 8. (1)A beneficiary is, subject to sections 9 (1), 10, 13 and 14, entitled to have payment made for a benefit that he or she has received, in accordance with amounts in a payment schedule, less any applicable patient visit charge. [Emphasis added.] "Benefit" is defined in s. 1 of the Act as follows: 1. In this Act ... "benefits" means (a)medically required services rendered by a medical practitioner who is enrolled under section 12, unless the services are determined under section 4 by the commission not to be benefits, (b)required services prescribed as benefits under section 45 and rendered by a health care practitioner who is enrolled under section 12, or (c)medically required services performed in accordance with protocols agreed to by the commission, or on order of the referring practitioner, who is a member of a prescribed category of practitioner, in an approved diagnostic facility by, or under the supervision of, a medical practitioner who has been enrolled under section 12, unless the services are determined under section 4 by the commission not to be benefits. . . . [Emphasis added.] 28 Notably, the Act does not list the services that are "medically required" such that they qualify as "benefits" under the Act. With the exception of certain specialized services listed as