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21.
—(1) Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, where a member or his dependant has received medical treatment (other than any approved vaccination) and undergone any day surgical treatment from an approved medical practitioner in an approved hospital or an approved day surgery centre, the amount that may be withdrawn by the member for —
(a)
the payment of attendance fees of the approved medical practitioner or practitioners shall not exceed $30 per day;
(b)
the payment of hospital charges, including attendance fees, shall not exceed the relevant sum per day;
(c)
the payment 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, shall not exceed the lower of the following cap amounts:
(i)
the amount as determined by the Minister for Health for such operation or operations; or
(ii)
a total of $5,000 (for day surgical treatment received before 1st June 2009) or $7,550 (for day surgical treatment received on or after 1st June 2009);
(d)
the payment of radiotherapy treatment comprising stereotactic radiotherapy for cancer shall not exceed $2,800 per treatment;
(da)
the payment of radiosurgery treatment shall not exceed $7,500 per treatment; and
(e)
the payment of the medical treatment —
(i)
shall not exceed the total expenditure for the medical treatment; and
(ii)
shall not exceed the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the relevant sum is —
(a)
$150 if the member or dependant received the day surgical treatment before 1st December 2006;
(b)
$200 if the member or dependant received the day surgical treatment on or after 1st December 2006 but before 1st May 2007; and
(c)
$300 if the member or dependant received the day surgical treatment on or after 1st May 2007.
(3) Any withdrawal by a member under this regulation shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister for Health may impose.