Clause 14

The Minister shall from time to time by notification in the Gazette declare which hospitals are approved hospitals for the purpose of this Act; and, where a medical practitioner certifies that it is necessary for an injured workman to receive treatment in an approved hospital, such workman may be admitted to an approved hospital.

Where an injured workman is admitted to an approved hospital, the employer shall, in addition to the payment of compensation under this Act, be liable to pay directly to the hospital all fees and charges in respect of such workman and the costs of such medicines and artificial limbs and surgical appliances as are certified by the medical practitioner in charge of the approved hospital to be necessary and which are in fact supplied to such workman:Provided that the Minister shall from time to time by notification in the Gazette prescribe the maximum amounts for which an employer shall be liable in respect of the fees and costs specified in this subsection.

If the injured workman refuses treatment at an approved hospital if such treatment is certified by a medical practitioner to be necessary, any order of compensation made to him may, at the instance of the employer, be suspended or reviewed by the Commissioner.