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Social Security Act (Cap. 318) Social Security Act (Amendment Of Fifth Schedule) Regulations, 2007 (L.N. 62 Of 2007 )

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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (CAP. 318)
Social Security Act (Amendment of Fifth Schedule) Regulations,
2007
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 84 of the Social Security Act, hereinafter referred to as “the Act”, the Minister for the Family and Social Solidarity, with the concurrence of the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, has made the following regulations>–
1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Social Security Act (Amendment of Fifth Schedule) Regulations, 2007 and they shall be read and construed as one with the Act.
(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st January, 2006.
2. For the Fifth Schedule to the Act there shall be substituted the following>–

Citation and commencement.

Substitutes the Fifth

Schedule to the Act.

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“FIFTH SCHEDULE (ARTICLES 20 AND 23)
PART I
Diseases and conditions in respect of which Sickness Assistance may be payable
1. Malignant Diseases
2. Cardiovascular Diseases>
(a) congestive cardiac failure
(b) persistent hypertension with a diastolic reading above 110 if left untreated
3. Endocrine>
(a) Addison’s Disease
(b) Juvenile Diabetes Mellitus
(c) Enzyme deficiency disorders
4. Renal>
(a) nephrotic syndrome
(b) chronic renal failure
5. Digestive system>
(a) chronic peptic ulcer
(b) coeliac disease and idopathic steatorrhea
(c) Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis
6. Diseases of the liver>
(a) hepatic cirrhosis associated with ascites or neurological symptoms
(b) Wilson’s Disease
7. Chronic Schizophrenia
8. Infectious diseases> (a) H.I.V. positive
9. Miscellaneous>
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(a) serious bodily or mental impairment arising from Diabetes Mellitus whether congenital or acquired
(b) all cases of diabetes
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PART II
Diseases and conditions in respect of which Free Medical Aid may be accorded
1. Malignant Diseases
2. Cardiovascular Diseases>
(a) congestive cardiac failure
(b) persistent hypertension with a diastolic reading above 110 if left untreated
(c) Ischaemic Heart Disease
3. Respiratory Diseases>
(a) chronic respiratory failure
(b) chronic asthma
4. Collagen Disease>
(a) chronic rheumatoid arthritis
(b) systemic Lupus Erythematosus
(c) systemic sclerosis
(d) dermatomyositis
(e) polyarteritis nodosa
5. Endocrine>
(a) Addison’s Disease
(b) hypopituitarism including Diabetes Insipidus
(c) enzyme deficiency disorders
(d) endomitriosis
6. Renal>
(a) nephrotic syndrome
(b) chronic renal failure
7. Digestive system>
(a) chronic peptic ulcer
(b) coeliac disease and idopathic stearorrhea
(c) Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis
8. Disease of the liver>
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(a) hepatic cirrhosis associated with ascites or neurological symptoms
(b) Wilson’s Disease
9. Diseases of the Central Nervous System> (a) epilepsy
(b) incapacitating Parkinsons’s Disease
(c) myasthenia gravis
(d) multiple sclerosis
(e) motor neurone disease
(f) Trigeminal Neuralgia
10. Schizophrenia
11. Haemophilia
12. Paget’s Disease>
(a) generalised Paget’s Disease showing activity as manifested by an alkaline phosphatase level of not less than 100 King Armstrong Units
(b) spinal Paget’s Disease producing neurological symptoms
13. Glaucoma
14. Extensive Psoriasis

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