Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
of Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations 2001
Regulation 4
Limits on withdrawal for payment of medical treatment, etc.
Subregulation 1
Where moneys are withdrawn from one or more medisave accounts under regulation 3 for the payment of any medical treatment or psychiatric treatment (including any specified out‑patient treatment), or approved rehabilitation treatment, the total amount withdrawn for the payment of the treatment is subject to the limits prescribed in regulation 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9AA, 9A, 9B, 10, 11, 12, 12A, 13, 13A, 13B, 13C, 13D, 13E, 14, 14A, 14B, 14C, 15, 16, 18, 18A, 18B, 19, 20, 21, 21D or 21E, as applicable.
Subregulation 2
Subject to paragraph (1), where the withdrawal is made from the medisave accounts of —
a deceased member; and
the spouse, a parent, a child, a grandchild or a sibling of the deceased member, or any other person related to the deceased member and whom the Minister for Health has approved for the purposes of regulation 3,the whole or part of the amount standing to the credit of the deceased member in the medisave account must be withdrawn first for payment of the deceased member’s last medical bill before the moneys standing to the credit of the person referred to in sub‑paragraph (b) in the medisave account are used to pay the balance of the deceased member’s last medical bill.
Subregulation 3
Despite paragraph (1), where moneys are withdrawn from a deceased member’s medisave account under regulation 3 for the payment of his or her last medical bill, the limits prescribed in regulations 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9AA, 12A, 13B, 13C, 13D, 13E, 16 and 20 do not apply.
Subregulation 4
Despite the limits on the withdrawal of moneys from medisave accounts prescribed in this Part, the Minister for Health, or such person as the Minister for Health may appoint, may, in a particular case, approve the withdrawal of the whole or part of either or both of the following amounts:
the amount standing to the credit of a deceased member in the medisave account;
the amount standing to the credit of any person referred to in paragraph (2)(b) in that person’s medisave account,the total withdrawal being in excess of the prescribed limits for the payment of the charges incurred in respect of any medical treatment or psychiatric treatment (including any specified out‑patient treatment), or approved rehabilitation treatment, received by the member in an approved medical institution or (if applicable) approved renal dialysis premises before the member’s death.
Subregulation 5
To avoid doubt, in relation to the payment of a deceased member’s last medical bill, any further limits on the withdrawal of moneys from the deceased member’s medisave account that may be specified by the member before the member’s death are to be disregarded.
Subregulation 6
Despite the limits on the withdrawal of moneys from medisave accounts prescribed in this Part, the Minister for Health, or such person as the Minister for Health may appoint, may, in a particular case, approve the withdrawal of the whole or part of the amount standing to the member’s credit in the member’s medisave account, in excess of the prescribed limits for the payment of the charges incurred in respect of any medical treatment or psychiatric treatment (including any specified out‑patient treatment), or approved rehabilitation treatment, received by —
the member;
the member’s dependant; or
a person deemed to be the member’s dependant under regulation 24(3).
Subregulation 7
Any approval granted under paragraph (4) or (6) by the Minister for Health, or such person as the Minister for Health may appoint, is subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister for Health or person so appointed may impose.