Singapore legislation

Regulation 9

of Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations 2001

Regulation 9

In‑patient medical treatment in approved in‑patient hospices for admission before 1 April 2020

Subregulation 1

Subject to regulation 4, where a member or the member’s dependant who is suffering from terminal illness has received medical treatment (other than any approved vaccination) as an in‑patient from an approved medical practitioner in an approved in‑patient hospice, the amount that may be withdrawn by the member for —

(a)

the payment of attendance fees of the approved medical practitioner or practitioners must not exceed $30 per day, if the member or the member’s dependant was admitted to the approved in‑patient hospice before 1 November 2018;

(b)

the payment of the medical treatment, including attendance fees, must not exceed $200 per day, if the member or the member’s dependant was admitted to the approved in‑patient hospice before 1 April 2020; and

(c)

the payment of all such medical treatments must not exceed the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account.

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.