14. Compensation for medical treatment
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The Minister shall from time to time prescribe which hospitals are approved hospitals for the purpose of this Act.
Where personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of employment is caused to —
an employee and the injured employee receives medical treatment by a medical practitioner or at an approved hospital for his injury, being medical treatment that is certified by any attending medical practitioner to be necessary; or
an employee referred to in section 2(4) or (4A) and the injured employee receives medical treatment —
outside Singapore for the accident which occurs outside Singapore; and
which, in the view of the Commissioner, requires immediate medical treatment due to the nature of injury suffered by the employee,the employer of the employee shall be liable to pay compensation in accordance with paragraph 5 of the Third Schedule for the medical treatment received by the employee.
Any compensation under subsection (2) for medical treatment received by an employee at an approved hospital for personal injury by any accident arising out of and in the course of the employment shall be paid directly to the proprietor of the approved hospital, after deducting any amount previously paid by the employee in relation to the medical treatment; and the proprietor of an approved hospital shall be entitled to recover such compensation (less those deductions) directly from the employer.
employee
“employee” means any person who has entered into or works under a contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer, whether —(a)by way of manual labour or otherwise;(b)the contract is express or implied or is oral or in writing; and(c)the remuneration is calculated by time or by work done,but does not include any class of persons specified in the Fourth Schedule;
Where an employee has paid for the cost of any medical treatment which an employer is liable to pay under subsection (2), the employee shall be entitled to recover such cost from the employer.
employer
“employer” includes —(a)the Government;(b)any statutory body or authority;(c)the legal personal representative of a deceased employer; and(d)in relation to a person employed for the purpose of any game or recreation and engaged or paid through a club, the manager or members of the managing committee of that club,and where the services of an employee are temporarily lent or let on hire to another person by the person with whom the employee has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship, the latter shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to continue to be the employer of the employee whilst he is working for that other person;
If the injured employee refuses treatment at an approved hospital and the treatment is certified by a medical practitioner to be necessary, any order of compensation made to him may, at the instance of the employer, be suspended or reviewed by the Commissioner.
approved hospital
“approved hospital” means a hospital prescribed to be such under section 14(1);