Social Security Act (Amendment of Fifth Schedule) Regulations,

L.N. 62 of 2007

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

(CAP. 318)

Social Security Act (Amendment of Fifth Schedule) Regulations,

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) The title of these regulations is the Social Security Act Citation and

commencement.

(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 1 st January, 2006.

For the Fifth Schedule to the Act there shall be substituted the Substitutes

Schedule to the Act.

following>–

“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

Endocrine>

(a)

Addison’s Disease

(b) Juvenile Diabetes Mellitus

(c)

Enzyme deficiency disorders

Renal>

(a)

nephrotic syndrome

(b) chronic renal failure

Digestive system>

(a)

chronic peptic ulcer

(b) coeliac disease and idopathic steatorrhea

(c)

Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis

Diseases of the liver>

(a)

hepatic cirrhosis associated with ascites or neurological symptoms

(b) Wilson’s Disease

Chronic Schizophrenia

Infectious diseases>

(a)

H.I.V. positive

Miscellaneous>

(a) serious bodily or mental impairment arising from Diabetes Mellitus

whether congenital or acquired

(b) all cases of diabetes

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>

(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

Ski]ofrenia

11. Emofilija

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

Extensive Psoriasis

Huntington’s Chorea

Auto-Immune Enteropathy

17. H.I.V positive

Infezzjoni bil-mikrobu ta’ l-H.I.V.

Congenital indifference to pain”

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