Singapore legislation
Clause 16
Clause 16
Compensation for medical treatment
(1)
An employer is liable to pay compensation in accordance with paragraph 5 of the First Schedule for the following medical treatment received by an employee for a work injury:
medical treatment —
by a health professional or at an approved medical institution; and
that is certified by any attending health professional to be necessary; (b)where the employee is an employee mentioned in section 9, medical treatment by a health professional —
received outside Singapore for a work injury sustained in an accident that occurs outside Singapore; and
that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is required immediately due to the nature of the work injury suffered.
(2)
The compensation payable under subsection (1)(a) for medical treatment received at an approved medical institution by the employee must be paid directly to the proprietor of the approved medical institution, after deducting any amount previously paid by or on behalf of the employee to the proprietor of the approved medical institution for the medical treatment.
(3)
The proprietor of an approved medical institution is entitled to recover the compensation (less the deductions) mentioned in subsection (2) directly from the employer.
(4)
Where the cost of any medical treatment that the employer is liable to pay under subsection (1) is paid by the employee or by any other person on behalf of the employee, the employee or that other person is entitled to recover the cost from the employer.
(5)
Where any person has paid any compensation under this section in respect of a claimant’s work injury as the claimant’s employer or employer’s insurer (called in this section the payer) or any ex gratia payment has been made under section 70 in respect of such compensation, the Commissioner may order the claimant to reimburse the payer or the Commissioner (as the case may be) for such payment if —
the claim in respect of that work injury is withdrawn, and is not resumed, under section 41; (b)an order of refusal of compensation has been made or has taken effect, in respect of that work injury; or
the payment was made on the basis of any error or any false or misleading information.
(6)
Subsection (5) applies to the payer only if —
the payer applies to the Commissioner for the reimbursement within the prescribed time and in the form and manner required by the Commissioner; and
the claimant has been given a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the Commissioner.
(7)
Where the payer is the claimant’s employer, the Commissioner must not, under subsection (5), order the reimbursement of any payment that the employer is obliged to pay under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (Cap. 91A).
(8)
Any reimbursement ordered under subsection (5) is recoverable directly from the claimant.