Section 46: Content of medical care

46. Content of medical care.___ (1) Medical care shall include— (a) general practitioner care, including domiciliary visiting; (b) specialist care in hospitals for in-patients and out-patients and such specialist care as may be available outside hospitals; (c) essential pharmaceutical supplies as prescribed by medical or other qualified practitioners; (d) hospitalisation where necessary, including cases of pregnancy and confinement; (e) prenatal, confinement and post-natal care, either by medical practitioners or by qualified midwives. (2) Regulations may provide that the beneficiary shall be required to share the costs of medical care referred to in clauses (a) and (c) of sub-section (1), and of medical care referred to in clause (b) of that sub-section if it is provided outside hospitals but in no case the beneficiary's share of such costs shall be more than one-fifth.

Effective date: 1962-01-01

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