Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Care Shield Life and Long-Term Care (Amendment) Bill

Clause 8

New Fourth Schedule

In the principal Act, after the Third Schedule, insert —“FOURTH SCHEDULESections 2(1) and 63(1)Meaning of not disabledIn this Act, a person is not disabled only if he or she can perform all of the following activities of daily living without assistance all the time:

(a)

washing himself or herself in the bath or shower (including getting into or out of the bath or shower), or washing himself or herself by other means;

(b)

dressing and undressing himself or herself, or (where required) securing or fastening on, or removing from, his or her body any brace, artificial limb or other medical or surgical appliance;

(c)

feeding himself or herself;

(d)

toileting, or managing his or her bladder and bowel functions through the use of a protective undergarment or surgical appliance (where required);

(e)

walking, or moving, from one room to another or on a level surface;

(f)

transferring himself or herself, or moving, from a bed to an upright chair or a wheelchair, and vice versa.”.

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