No. S 361
Central Provident Fund Act
(Chapter 36)
Central Provident Fund
(Medishield Scheme) Regulations 1995
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 57 of the Central Provident Fund Act, the Minister for Labour hereby makes the following Regulations:
PART I
Preliminary
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (MediShield Scheme) Regulations 1995 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st July 1994.
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.
Persons not covered under Scheme
3.  These Regulations shall not apply to —
(a)any member of the Fund who has attained the age of 70 years;
(b)any member of the Fund who is neither a citizen nor a permanent resident of Singapore;
(c)any member of the Fund who is physically or mentally incapacitated from ever continuing in any employment;
(d)any member of the Fund who is of unsound mind;
(e)any member of the Fund who is suffering from a terminal illness or disease; and
(f)any member or class of members of the Fund whom the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify.
Made this 23rd day of August 1995.
MOSES LEE KIM POO
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Labour,
Singapore.
[ML.S.10.1/82; AG/SL/21/89/8 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).