No. S 527
Central Provident Fund Act
(Chapter 36)
Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2007
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1)(j) of the Central Provident Fund Act, the Minister for Manpower, after consulting with the Central Provident Fund Board, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2007.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  Regulation 2(1) of the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations (Rg 17, 2007 Ed.) is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “member”, the following definition:
“ “organ procurement costs” means any costs arising in relation or incidental to the procurement of any organ from a non-living organ donor for organ transplant and includes the costs of —
(a)the donor’s extended stay, before his death, in a hospital as necessitated by the donation of his organ;
(b)any surgical operation to remove the organ from the donor’s body;
(c)any pre-harvesting laboratory test and investigation;
(d)any counselling provided to the donor’s family in connection with the donation of his organ;
(e)the storage and transport of the organ; and
(f)such other procedure as may be approved by the Minister for Health;”.
New regulation 21A
3.  The Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 21, the following regulation:
Organ procurement costs
21A.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (3), where a member or his dependant —
(a)is admitted to an approved hospital and receives any medical treatment as an in-patient from an approved medical practitioner therein in connection with an organ transplant; and
(b)has incurred any organ procurement costs in connection with the organ transplant,
such organ procurement costs —
(i)shall be considered as part of the charges incurred by the member or his dependant for the medical treatment so received; and
(ii)may be met out of the amount that the member is entitled to withdraw under these Regulations for the payment of such medical treatment, subject to the limits prescribed in regulation 5 and such other terms and conditions as the Board may impose.
(2)  Subject to paragraph (3), where a member or his dependant —
(a)receives any day surgical treatment from an approved medical practitioner in an approved day surgery centre in connection with an organ transplant; and
(b)has incurred any organ procurement costs in connection with the organ transplant,
such organ procurement costs —
(i)shall be considered as part of the charges incurred by the member or his dependant for the day surgical treatment so received; and
(ii)may be met out of the amount that the member is entitled to withdraw under these Regulations for the payment of such day surgical treatment, subject to the limits prescribed in regulation 21 and such other terms and conditions as the Board may impose.
(3)  Unless the Minister for Health otherwise directs —
(a)paragraph (1) shall apply only in the case where the member or his dependant is admitted on or after 1st October 2007 to an approved hospital for medical treatment as an in-patient in connection with an organ transplant; and
(b)paragraph (2) shall apply only in the case where the member or his dependant receives day surgical treatment on or after 1st October 2007 in an approved day surgery centre in connection with an organ transplant.”.
[G.N. No. S 224/2007]

Made this 27th day of September 2007.

LEO YIP
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[MMS 10/82 V21; AG/LEG/SL/36/2005/18 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).