Singapore legislation
Schedule 4
of Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations 2001
Schedule 4
Meaning of “severely disabled”
FOURTH SCHEDULERegulation 27Meaning of “severely disabled”For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is severely disabled when he or she is unable to perform 3 or more of the following daily activities:
washing himself or herself in the bath or shower (including getting into or out of the bath or shower), or washing himself or herself by other means;
dressing and undressing himself or herself, or (where required) securing or fastening on, or removing from, his or her body any brace, artificial limb or other medical or surgical appliance;
feeding himself or herself;
toileting, or managing his or her bladder and bowel functions through the use of a protective undergarment or surgical appliance (where required);
walking, or moving from one room to another or on level surface;
transferring himself or herself, or moving, from a bed to an upright chair or a wheelchair, and vice versa.