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55 of 2001
The Medical Schemes Amendment Act 55 of 2001 intends:
- to amend the Medical Schemes Act, 1998, so as:
- to extend certain rights of members to their dependants;
- to broaden the definition of complaint;
- to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of age;
- to further regulate the practice of reinsurance;
- to regulate the circumstances under whichwaiting periods may be applied;
- to improve the powers of the Council and the Registrar to act in the interests of beneficiaries;
- to regulate the marketing of entities doing the business of a medical scheme;
- to provide for more frequent submission of returns to the Registrar;
- to determine the circumstances under which inspections may be made;
- to further define the persons who may be appointed as auditors of medical schemes;
- to further define the persons who may serve as trustees of a medical scheme and to further clarify their duties;
- to define the persons who may serve as principal officers of a medical scheme;
- to limit the purposes for which medical schemes may compensate brokers and provide for the regulation of their professional conduct;
- to regulate the transfer of business of medical schemes to any person;
- to remove the requirement for staff of the Council to be members of the Government Employees Pension Fund;
- to amend the transitional provisions with regard to certain schemes; and
- to provide for incidental matters.
Commencement
1 March 2002 (Gazette 23174 of 27 February 2002)