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 transplantation costs in connection with the organ transplant,
such organ transplantation costs may, if the circumstances so require —
(i)
be considered as part of the charges incurred by the member or his dependant for the medical treatment so received; and
(ii)
be met out of the amount that the member is entitled to withdraw under this Part 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.
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(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 transplantation costs in connection with the organ transplant,
such organ transplantation costs may, if the circumstances so require —
(i)
be considered as part of the charges incurred by the member or his dependant for the day surgical treatment so received; and
(ii)
be met out of the amount that the member is entitled to withdraw under this Part 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.
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(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 to an approved hospital for medical treatment as an in-patient; and
(b)
paragraph (2) shall apply only in the case where the member or his dependant receives day surgical treatment in an approved day surgery centre,
on or after —
(i)
1st October 2007 in connection with an organ transplant other than a living donor organ transplant; or
(ii)
17th February 2010 in connection with a living donor organ transplant.
(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), where the organ transplantation costs are incurred in connection with a living donor organ transplant of which the member or his dependent is the recipient of the specified organ, the limits prescribed in regulation 5 or 21 (as the case may be) shall, notwithstanding anything in this Part, apply separately in relation to —
(a)
the medical treatment received by the member or his dependent; and
(b)
the medical treatment received by the living organ donor.