Section 9Part 0 —
Free treatment
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Subject to subsection (2) and section 10, fees are not payable by a patient at a health care facility if the patient presents a card issued or recognised by the Director of Health Services identifying the patient to be —
a public officer or the spouse or a dependent of a public officer (but only to the extent provided in the terms of employment of the public officer);
a member of the Cayman Islands Veterans Association or the spouse of such a member;
a member of the Veterans' and Seamen's Society of Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, or the spouse of such a member, who satisfies the conditions specified in subsection (2);
a member of the Cayman Islands Seafarers' Association, or the spouse of such a member, who satisfies the conditions specified in subsection (2);
a person receiving a pension from the Government or the spouse of such a person;
a patient who is being investigated or treated for AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria if so certified by the Medical Officer of Health; or
a prisoner as defined in the Prisons Law [Law 14 of 1975].
The conditions referred to in paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (1) are —
the member of the Veterans' and Seamen's Society of Cayman Brac and Little Cayman or the member of the Cayman Islands Seafarers' Association shall be aged fifty-five years or older at the date of requesting treatment; and
the patient, or if the patient is the spouse of a member, the member shall have produced written evidence of having been a merchant seaman for a continuous period of at least three years beginning before the 31st December, 1984.
Cross References
- Section of Prisons Law
Prisons Law [Law 14 of 1975]