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No. S 5

Government Hospitals Act

(Chapter 119)

Government Hospitals (Fees)
(Amendment) Rules 1998

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) Rules 1998 and shall come into operation on 2nd January 1998.

Deletion and substitution of rule 3

2. Rule 3 of the Government Hospitals (Fees) Rules (R 1) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Fees

3.—(1) Subject to these Rules, the fees for the matters set out in the first column of the Schedule shall be as specified in the second column thereof.

(2) The fees under sub-paragraph (1) shall apply to all residents.

(3) Class B1, B2 and C patients shall pay the fees chargeable under items 9 and 10 of the Schedule at 85%, 34% and 19%, respectively, of the class A fees subject to the minimum and maximum fees payable by class B2 and C patients for the items specified hereunder:

Class B2

Class C

(a)	In respect of item 9

$6 (minimum)
$240 (maximum)
per admission.

$6 (minimum)
$150 (maximum)
per admission.

(b)	In respect of item 10

$60 (minimum)
$510 (maximum).

$35 (minimum)
$290 (maximum).

(4) A person who is treated as an outpatient shall —

(a)	in respect of a private consultation case, pay the fees chargeable under these Rules at class A rates; and
(b)	in respect of a subsidised case, pay the fees chargeable at class B2 rates, except for those items the subsidised rates of which are set out in the second column of the Schedule.”.

Amendment of rule 4

3. Rule 4 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) A non-resident who is treated as an outpatient in a specialist outpatient clinic shall pay the fees as specified in the second column of the Schedule at private consultation rates in addition to a surcharge of 30% of the fees.”.

Amendment of rule 7

4. Rule 7 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (2).

Amendment of Schedule

5. The Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting item 3 and substituting the following item:

“3.	Daily Ward fee:

Woodbridge Hospital

Class A1

$86

Class A2

$72

Class B1
(Air-conditioned)

$55

Class B1
(Non-air-conditioned)

$40

Class B2

$18

Class C

$10”;

(b)

by deleting items 9 and 10 and substituting the following items:

“9.

Laboratory, X-ray and Other Specialised Procedure fee:

Inpatients/Outpatients
Category of Procedures

Class A1 and A2

Table 1

Table 2

$12

Table 3

$18

Table 4

$26

Table 5

$36

Table 6

$52

Table 7

$77

Table 8

$103

Table 9

$129

Table 10

$155

Table 11

$206

Table 12

$258

Table 13

$309

Table 14

$412

Table 15

$515

Table 16

$618

Table 17

$824

Table 18

$1,030

Table 19

$1,339

Table 20

$1,648

10.

Operation fee (inclusive of operating theatre fee and anaesthesia) — per procedure:

Category of Procedures

Class A1 and A2

Minor Surgical Procedure 1

$25

Minor Surgical Procedure 2

$50

Minor Surgical Procedure 3

$75

Minor Surgical Procedure 4

$100

First column

Second column

Table 1A

$165

Table 1B

$227

Table 1C

$288

Table 2A

$433

Table 2B

$577

Table 2C

$721

Table 3A

$979

Table 3B

$1,236

Table 3C

$1,494

Table 4A

$1,751

Table 4B

$2,009

Table 4C

$2,266

Table 5A

$2,472

Table 5B

$2,781

Table 5C

$3,090

Table 6A

$3,502

Table 6B

$3,914

Table 6C

$4,326

Table 7A

$4,841

Table 7B

$5,356

Table 7C

$5,974

”; and

(c)

by deleting paragraphs (c) and (e) of item 17 and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(c)	Primary Health Clinics

$8 per consultation except that the fee payable shall be $4 per consultation during a working day for any resident 18 years of age and below who is unemployed, any resident who is a school or junior college student or any resident 65 years of age and above.

$4 per subsequent attendance for dressings, injections or other minor procedures as prescribed without seeing the doctor except that the fee payable shall be $2 per subsequent attendance for any resident 18 years of age and below who is unemployed, any resident who is a school or junior college student or any resident 65 years of age and above.

(d)	Outpatient attendance for psychiatric treatment

(i)	Private consultation cases

Specialists

Consultants

Senior Consultants

First consultation

$40

$50

$65

Repeat consultations

$15

$20

$25

(ii)	Subsidised cases

$8 per consultation”;

(d)

by deleting item 19 and substituting the following item:

“19.	Antenatal fee for a woman in fourth or subsequent pregnancy

$8 per visit in addition to any consultation fee.”; and

(e)

by deleting paragraph (3) of item 23.

[G.N. Nos. S 172/94; S 335/95; S 415/97]

Made this 26th day of December 1997.

MOSES LEE KIM POO

Second Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH (CF) 78:31 Vol. 5; AG/LEG/SL/119/97/1 Vol. 1]

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