MediShield Life Scheme Regulations 2015 - Singapore Statutes Online

No. S 622

MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015

(ACT 4 OF 2015)

MediShield Life Scheme Regulations 2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the MediShield Life Scheme Regulations 2015 and come into operation on 1 November 2015.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“assured amount”, in relation to any medical treatment received by an insured person, means the amount specified in the Third Schedule in respect of that medical treatment;

“dependant” means a member’s spouse, child, parent or grandparent who is below the age of 70 years;

“excluded medical treatment” means any medical treatment specified in the First Schedule;

“incapacitated” has the same meaning as in section 29 of the Act;

“insured out-patient medical treatment” means any of the following medical treatment as an out-patient of any approved hospital:

(a)	renal dialysis;
(b)	chemotherapy for cancer;
(c)	radiotherapy for cancer;
(d)	administration of cyclosporin for organ transplant;
(e)	administration of erythropoietin for dialysis;

“medical treatment” means any medical, surgical, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or renal dialysis treatment and includes investigations, medicines, curative materials and surgical implants, and where such treatment has been received by a person as an in-patient in an approved hospital, includes the maintenance of that person in the hospital, but shall not include any excluded medical treatment;

“member” includes a member who is an undischarged bankrupt;

“Plan” means Plan A or Plan B, as the case may be, of the Scheme in Division 3 of Part II;

“policy year” means a period of 12 months from the date of the commencement of an insured person’s insurance cover under the Scheme;

“premium” means the premium payable by an insured person in each policy year under the Scheme;

“Saint Andrew’s Mission Hospital” means the Saint Andrew’s Mission Hospital incorporated under the Saint Andrew’s Mission Hospital Ordinance (Cap. 376);

“Scheme” means the MediShield Scheme in Division 2 or 3, as the case may be, of Part II.

Applications and notices

3. An application made or a notice given to the Board under these Regulations must be made or given in such form and supported by such evidence as the Board may require.

Made on 28 October 2015.

TAN CHING YEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 96:27/12; AG/LEGIS/SL/176A/2015/2 Vol. 6]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 34(4) of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015).

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