Section 39: Medical care during sickness and maternity

39. Medical care during sickness and maternity.___(1) An insured .person and his dependants shall be entitled to medical care for so long as he is or would be entitled to sickness benefit, whether he is or is not incapacitated for work, and after the termination of the period of sickness benefit, the insured person shall be entitled to medical care for thirty days and thereafter for such period and to such items of medical care, if any, as may be prescribed in respect of any disease. 1Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”. (2) An insured woman shall be entitled to pre-natal, confinement and post-natal medical care, if she is entitled to maternity benefit under section 37 and to pre -natal medical care if during the six calendar months immediately preceding her claim, con tributions in respect of her were paid or payable for not less than ninety days.

Effective date: 1962-01-01

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