Singapore legislation
Regulation 24
of Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations 2001
Regulation 24
Medical treatment provided to person other than dependant
Subregulation 1
The Minister for Health may, in his or her discretion and subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister for Health may impose, authorise a member to withdraw the whole or part of the amount standing to the member’s credit in the member’s medisave account for the payment of charges incurred in respect of —
any medical treatment (other than renal dialysis treatment or any approved vaccination) provided by an approved medical practitioner in a Class C or B2 ward of an approved hospital, or in a ward of an approved community hospital, an approved convalescent hospital, an approved in‑patient hospice or an approved IPC provider which is equivalent to a Class C or B2 ward of an approved hospital and in respect of which the Government makes an annual grant in aid of recurrent expenditure incurred or to be incurred in operating or maintaining the ward;
any day surgical treatment at subsidised rates provided by an approved medical practitioner in an approved day surgery centre;
any approved rehabilitation treatment in any approved day rehabilitation centre;
any radiosurgery treatment at subsidised rates at an approved medical institution;
any First Schedule treatment (other than a cancer scan or diagnostic test) provided on an out‑patient basis at subsidised rates by an approved medical practitioner in an approved hospital, approved centre or approved clinic;
any cancer scan or diagnostic test ordered by an approved medical practitioner and provided on an out‑patient basis at subsidised rates in an approved medical institution;
any Third Schedule treatment provided on an out‑patient basis at subsidised rates by an approved medical practitioner in an approved Third Schedule treatment provider;
any approved chronic illness treatment provided on an out‑patient basis by an approved medical practitioner either —
in an approved CIT medical institution; or
at home as a patient of an approved CIT medical institution;
any renal dialysis treatment received on or after 1 January 2009 as an in‑patient at an approved centre or approved hospital or as an out‑patient at approved renal dialysis premises;
any approved vaccination (other than against Hepatitis B) provided on an out‑patient basis by an approved medical practitioner either —
in an approved clinic, approved hospital, approved community hospital or approved CIT medical institution; or
at home as a patient of an approved clinic or approved CIT medical institution;
any medical treatment (other than any approved vaccination) provided in an approved day hospice;
any medical treatment (other than any approved vaccination) provided at home by an approved home palliative care provider;
any approved screening provided on an out‑patient basis by an approved medical practitioner either —
in an approved clinic, approved hospital or approved screening centre; or
at home as a patient of an approved clinic;
any out‑patient scan under regulation 13A;
any approved out‑patient parenteral nutrition mentioned in regulation 9B(1);
any MIC@Home treatment or qualifying combined treatment provided;
any repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment received in an approved medical institution (other than an approved day hospice);
any CTGTP treatment mentioned in regulation 13D; or
any high‑cost drug treatment mentioned in regulation 13E,to a person other than a member’s dependant as if the person were the member’s dependant.
Subregulation 2
Despite paragraph (1), the Minister for Health may, upon a request by a member in any particular case, approve the withdrawal by the member of the whole or part of the amount standing to the member’s credit in the member’s medisave account for the payment of charges incurred in respect of any of the following treatments received on or after 1 May 2008 by a person other than the member’s dependant as if that person were the member’s dependant, subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister for Health may impose:
any medical treatment specified in paragraph (1)(a) in a ward of an approved hospital, approved community hospital, approved convalescent hospital, approved in‑patient hospice or approved IPC provider (as the case may be) other than a ward of the type mentioned in that paragraph;
any treatment specified in paragraph (1)(b), (d), (e), (f) or (g) at non‑subsidised rates.
Subregulation 3
Where the Minister authorises a withdrawal under paragraph (1) or approves a withdrawal under paragraph (2), the person mentioned in the relevant paragraph is deemed to be the dependant of such member for the purposes of this Part.