Statutes
• Medical Schemes Act, No. 131[HTML]
• Council for Medical Schemes Levies Act, No. 58 [PDF]

• Medical Schemes Bill

• Medical Schemes Act

• Medical Schemes Levies Bill

• Medical Schemes Levies Act (English Version)

• Medical Schemes Levies Act (Afrikaans Version)

• Proclamation No.R 1356 - Commencement of the Council for Medical Schemes Levies Act, 2000 (Act NO 58 of 2000)

• Board Notice 23 of 2001 - Notice on Levies on Medical Schemes (30 January 2001)

Amendments
• No. 62 of 2002: Medical Schemes Amendment Act, 2002.

Regulations

• Regulations - 1999

• Amendment to Regulations (No.R.6826) 5 June 2000

• Amendment to Regulations (GG No. R. 650) 30 June 2000

• Amendment to Regulations (No.R.943) 22 September 2000

• 570 Amendments to the General Regulations of the Medical Schemes Act, 1998 (Act No. 131 of 1998) 5 June

Important Announcements

• Amnesty - If you are not a member of a medical scheme after 31 March 2001, you may be subject to higher premiums if you decide to join later in life. The Medical Schemes Act, 1998, permits medical schemes to impose penalties on persons who join a medical scheme, as a member or a dependant of a member, late in life. This measure was instituted to protect medical schemes from adverse selection. In other words, the late joiner penalties are necessary to discourage people from waiting until they are old or sickly before joining a medical scheme, and then making large claims against medical schemes when they have only been contributing to the medical scheme for a short time. Ideally, people should start contributing to medical schemes at a time when they are still young and healthy.
• Consumer Rights Presentation (PowerPoint Slideshow)
• Model Rules of Medical Schemes Council - Council for Medical Schemes

Related Links

• Council for Medical Schemes 
• Health Systems Trust- homepage 
• Links
• Unwembi's Resource of South African Government Information
• Department of Labour
• National Economic Development and Labour Council