Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 27 Feb 2013

No. S 107

Central Provident Fund Act

(CHAPTER 36)

Central Provident Fund
(Medisave Account Withdrawals)
(Amendment) Regulations 2013

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1)(j) of the Central Provident Fund Act, Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, Senior Minister of State, charged with the responsibility of 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) Regulations 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2013.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2(1) of the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations (Rg 17) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “in-patient” and substituting the following definition:

“ “in-patient” means a patient who —

(a)	is hospitalised, for any treatment other than day surgical treatment, for a period of not less than 8 hours; or
(b)	has died within 8 hours after being hospitalised for any treatment other than day surgical treatment;”;

(b)

by deleting the definition of “medical treatment” and substituting the following definition:

“ “medical treatment” —

(a)

means —

(i)	any medical treatment, surgical treatment, radiotherapy treatment, treatment of neoplasms by chemotherapy, renal dialysis treatment, radiosurgery treatment or approved vaccination; and
(ii)	any treatment for any mental illness or personality disorder classified by the Minister for Health as a medical condition; and

(b)

includes —

(i)	any investigation, medicine, curative material or device; and
(ii)	where any treatment or vaccination referred to in paragraph (a) of this definition has been received by a person as an in-patient of any approved medical institution that is not an approved day rehabilitation centre, the maintenance of that person in the approved medical institution;”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the word “recurrence” in the definition of “psychiatric treatment”, the words “, but does not include any treatment for any mental illness or personality disorder classified by the Minister for Health as a medical condition”.

[G.N. Nos. S 224/2007; S 527/2007; S 731/2007; S 149/2008; S 456/2008; S 682/2008; S 86/2009; S 239/2009; S 523/2009; S 659/2009; S 88/2010; S 118/2010; S 289/2010; S 548/2010; S 367/2011; S 725/2011]

Made this 26th day of February 2013.

LOH KHUM YEAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MMS 10.1/82 V14; AG/LLRD/SL/36/2010/1 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).

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