Government Hospitals (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2000

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 Jul 2000

No. S 344

Government Hospitals Act

(Chapter 119)

Government Hospitals (Fees)
(Amendment No. 2) Rules 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(1) of the Government Hospitals Act, the Minister for Health hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Government Hospitals (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2000.

Amendment of rule 3

2. Rule 3 of the Government Hospitals (Fees) Rules (R 1) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following:

“(2) Class B1, B2 and C patients shall pay the fees chargeable under item 9 of the Schedule at 85%, 34% and 19%, respectively, of the Class A fees subject to the following minimum and maximum fees payable by Class B2 and C patients:

Class B2

Class C

(a) Alexandra Hospital

$6 (minimum)

$260 (maximum) per admission

$170 (maximum) per admission

(b) Woodbridge Hospital and View Road Hospital

$6 (minimum)

$240 (maximum) per admission or per month or part thereof, whichever is applicable

$150 (maximum) per admission or per month or part thereof, whichever is applicable.”.

Deletion of rule 5

3. Rule 5 of the principal Rules is deleted.

Amendment of Schedule

4. The Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting items 1 to 4 and substituting the following items:

“

1. Daily Ward fee:

Alexandra Hospital

Class A1

$240

Class B1

$150

Class B2

$ 40

Class C

$ 21.

2. Daily Ward fee:

View Road Hospital

Class C

$ 7.

3. Daily Ward fee:

Woodbridge Hospital

Class A1

$111

Class A2

$ 90

Class B1
(Air-conditioned)

$ 67

Class B1
(Non air-conditioned)

$ 52

Class B2

$ 22

Class C

$ 11.

4. Daily Intensive Care Ward fee

Class A1

$380

Class B1

$330

Class B2

$ 92

Class C

$ 58.

”;

(b)

by deleting item 8 and substituting the following item:

“

8. Daily Treatment fee:

Woodbridge Hospital

Class A1 and A2

$25

Class B1

$20

Class B2

$10

Class C

$ 3.

”;

(c)

by deleting item 10 and substituting the following item:

“

10. Operation fee (inclusive of operating theatre fee and anesthesia) — per procedure:

Category of procedures

Class A

Class B1

Class B2

Class C

Minor Surgical Procedure 1

$25

Minor Surgical Procedure 2

$55

$45

$25

Minor Surgical Procedure 3

$80

$65

$28

$25

Minor Surgical Procedure 4

$105

$90

$35

$25

Table 1A

$175

$145

$65

$35

Table 1B

$240

$205

$80

$45

Table 1C

$300

$255

$105

$60

Table 2A

$455

$385

$155

$90

Table 2B

$605

$515

$205

$120

Table 2C

$755

$645

$255

$145

Table 3A

$1030

$875

$350

$200

Table 3B

$1300

$1105

$440

$250

Table 3C

$1570

$1335

$520

$300

Table 4A

$1840

$1560

$520

$300

Table 4B

$2110

$1795

$520

$300

Table 4C

$2380

$2020

$520

$300

Table 5A

$2595

$2205

$520

$300

Table 5B

$2920

$2480

$520

$300

Table 5C

$3245

$2760

$520

$300

Table 6A

$3675

$3125

$520

$300

Table 6B

$4110

$3495

$520

$300

Table 6C

$4540

$3860

$520

$300

Table 7A

$5085

$4320

$520

$300

Table 7B

$5625

$4780

$520

$300

Table 7C

$6375

$5330

$520

$300.

”;

(d)

by deleting item 13 and substituting the following item:

“

13. Rehabilitative Services:

(a) Alexandra Hospital

Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy – per module (subject to a maximum of 3 modules per visit for outpatient, and a maximum of 3 modules on average per day for inpatients during his/her length of stay)

Class A1

$15

Class B1

$12

Class B2

Class C

(b) Alexandra Hospital

Therapy Consultation

Class A1

$20

Class B1

$15

Class B2

$12

Class C

$12

Physiotherapy
Inpatients/outpatients

Class A1 and A2

$25

Class B1

$22

Class B2

$10

Class C

$7.

”;

(e)

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of item 17 and substituting the following paragraphs:

“

Consultation fee, outpatient, treatment/injection fee:

(a) Hospital Specialist Outpatient Clinics:

(i) Private consultation cases

Specialists

Consultants

Senior Consultants

First consultation

$41

$50

$65

Repeat consultations

$23

$29

$35

(ii) Subsidised cases

$18 per consultation

(b) Accident and Emergency Departments

$55 per attendance.

”;

(f)

by deleting paragraph (d) of item 17 and substituting the following paragraphs:

“

(d) Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics

(i) Private consultation cases

Specialists

Consultants

Senior Consultants

First consultation

$45

$55

$70

Repeat consultations

$20

$25

$30

(ii) Subsidised cases

First consultation

$12

Repeat consultations

$10

(e) Geriatric Day Hospital outpatient daily attendance fee:

(i) Private consultation cases

$38

(ii) Subsidised cases

$18.

”;

(g)

by deleting paragraph (b)(i) of item 18 and substituting the following paragraph:

“

(b) Public Health Clinics

(i) Standard drugs

$1.40 per item of medicine supplied per week or part thereof, except for inhalers to be charged at $3 per unit.

For single item prescription, $1.40 per unit of dispensing preparation or per 21 doses or part thereof of medicines prescribed with 2 doses or less per day, except for inhalers to be charged at $3 per unit.

50 % of the fee for any resident 18 years of age or below who is unemployed, any resident who is a school or junior college student or any resident 65 years of age or above.

”;

(h)

by deleting sub-paragraph (A) of paragraph (c)(ii) of item 18 and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“

(A) Standard drugs

$0.70 per item of medicine supplied per week or part thereof subject to a maximum of $3.50 for every week of medicine supplied.

”;

(i)

by deleting paragraph (2) of item 23 and substituting the following paragraph:

“

(2) Medical Report fees:

(a) Insurance, Medico-Legal, Workmen’s compensation cases, Report given by doctors in attendance of the case

$50 per report, except for one put up by a psychiatrist to be charged at $80 per report

(b) Specialist Medical Report:

(i) One put up by a consultant on his own patient, and in which the consultant’s opinion is requested for

$100 per report, except for one put up by a psychiatrist to be charged at $150 per report

(ii) On a patient who is not the consultant’s case

$250 per report, except for one put up by a psychiatrist to be charged at $400 per report.

”;

(j)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b) of item 27, the following paragraph:

“

(i) Private consultation cases

At cost

(ii) Subsidised cases

$2 per injection.

”;

(k)

by deleting paragraph (b) of item 28 and substituting the following paragraph:

“

(b) Woodbridge Hospital and View Road Hospital

Class A1, A2 and B1

At cost

Class B2 and C

50% of cost.

”;

(l)

by deleting paragraph (b) of item 29 and substituting the following paragraph:

“

(b) Woodbridge Hospital and View Road Hospital

Class A1, A2 and B1

At cost

Class B2 and C

50% of cost.

”; and

(m)

by inserting, immediately after item 29, the following item:

“

30. Psychological Services

Inpatients/outpatients:

(a) Assessment, Medico-Legal

Class A1 and A2

$300

Class B1

$200

Class B2

$ 60

Class C

$ 30

(b) Assessment, Intensive

Class A1 and A2

$200

Class B1

$150

Class B2

$ 40

Class C

$ 25

Class A1 and A2

$100

Class B1

$ 70

Class B2

$ 25

Class C

$ 15

(d) Psychological Treatment

Class A1 and A2

$ 30

Class B1

$ 20

Class B2

$ 10

Class C

$ 8.

”.

[G.N. Nos. S 3/99; S 230/2000]

Made this 28th day of July 2000.

MOSES LEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH CF 78:31 Vol. 7; AG/LEG/SL/119/97/1 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 4(2) of the Government Hospitals Act).

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