Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
of Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations 2001
Regulation 6
In‑patient medical treatment in approved community hospitals
Subregulation 1
Subject to regulation 4, where a member or the member’s dependant has received medical treatment as an in‑patient from an approved medical practitioner in an approved community hospital, the amount that may be withdrawn by the member for payment of the treatment must not exceed —
(i)in a case not involving any surgical operation —
a sum of $150 per day, subject to a maximum of $3,500 per year, if the member or the member’s dependant was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1 January 2002 but before 1 June 2010;
a sum of $250 per day, subject to a maximum of $5,000 per year, if the member or the member’s dependant was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1 June 2010 but before 1 April 2025; or
a sum of $250 per day, if the member or the member’s dependant is admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1 April 2025; or
in a case involving one or more surgical operations —
the lower of the following amounts:
(AA)the applicable sum as follows, multiplied by the number of days the member or the member’s dependant was hospitalised:
if the member or the member’s dependant was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1 January 2002 but before 1 June 2010 — $150 per day;
if the member or the member’s dependant was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1 June 2010 — $250 per day;
(AB)the actual total hospital charges; and
the amount of operation fees for a maximum of 3 surgical procedures, involving not more than 2 anatomical systems and not more than 2 procedures within each system, which must not exceed the lower of the following cap amounts:
(BA)the amount as determined by the Minister for Health for such operation or operations;
(BB)if the member or the member’s dependant was admitted to the approved community hospital —
before 1 June 2009 — $5,000;
on or after 1 June 2009 but before 1 April 2025 — $7,550; or
on or after 1 April 2025 — $5,290; or;
the total expenditure for the medical treatment; or
the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account,whichever is the lowest.
Subregulation 2
Paragraph (1) does not apply to any form of medical treatment unless it has been approved by the Minister for Health for the purposes of this Part.
Subregulation 3
Despite paragraph (1), no withdrawal of any amount in excess of $30 for each day a member or the member’s dependant is hospitalised is permitted under this regulation for the payment of any attendance fee of any approved medical practitioner or practitioners, if the member or the member’s dependant was admitted to the approved community hospital before 1 November 2018.