Section 47: Manner of providing medical care

47. Manner of providing medical care.___(1) Regulations shall specify the manner in which medical care shall be provided. (2) The Institution may, with the approval of the appropriate Government, establish and maintain such hospitals, dispensaries and other facilities as it finds necessary for providing medical care in pursuance of the provisions of this Ordinance. (3) The Institution may buy or import and dispense pharmaceutical supplies direct to the beneficiaries. (4) The Institution may enter into agreements with the appropriate Government, establish and maintain such hospitals, dispensaries and to the provision of medical care to persons entitled to it under this Ordinance. (5) The Institution may enter into an agreement with an employer who maintains a hospital or dispensary or any other medical facility for th e benefit of his employees for the utilisation of such hospital, dispensary or facility for the purposes of the Institution, and such agreement may, among other things, specify persons to whom medical care shall be provided, the type of benefits to be made available, the minimum level of such benefits, the conditions under which such benefits shall be provided the extent of supervision which the Institution may exercise the submission of reports to the Institution by the employer and the extent and manner of reimbursement to the employer.

Effective date: 1962-01-01

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