National Health Insurance Act, 1929

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Sums to be paid out of Medical Certification Fund.

26.—There shall be paid out of the Medical Certification Fund—

(a) such sums in respect of the year 1929 and of every subsequent year as the Insurance Commissioners, with the approval of the Minister for Finance, may determine to be payable to medical practitioners for medical certification, and

(b) such sums as may be required to meet the cost of obtaining second medical opinions on and from the 1st day of January, 1929, to the 31st day of December, 1929, through the medium of medical referees under the scheme established for that purpose by the Insurance Commissioners with the approval of the Minister for Finance, and

(c) such sums in respect of the year 1929 and of every subsequent year as the Insurance Commissioners, with the approval of the Minister for Finance, may determine to be payable towards meeting the cost of administering the medical certification scheme.