Singapore legislation
Regulation 11
of Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations 2001
Regulation 11
Hepatitis B vaccinations received as in‑patient in approved hospitals
Subregulation 1
Where a member or the member’s dependant has received, on or after 1 October 2002 but before 1 November 2009, any vaccination against Hepatitis B as an in‑patient from an approved medical practitioner of an approved hospital or of an approved community hospital, the amount that may be withdrawn by the member for the payment of the vaccination must not exceed —
the total charges in respect of the vaccination, subject to the following withdrawal limits: Age of patientWithdrawal limits (per course of treatment)(i)below 12 years$25(ii)12 to 19 years$35(iii)20 years or above$50;
in the case of an individual booster vaccination that is approved by the Minister for Health, the total charges in respect of the individual booster vaccination, subject to the following withdrawal limits: Age of patientWithdrawal limits(i)below 12 years$10(ii)12 to 19 years$15(iii)20 years or above$20; or
the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account,whichever is the lowest.
Subregulation 2
Any amount permitted to be withdrawn from a member’s medisave account under paragraph (1) is in addition to whatever amount that may be withdrawn under regulation 5, 6 or 16 unless the amount that may be withdrawn under that regulation is the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account.