Health Insurance (Standard Hospital Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2008
HEALTH INSURANCE (STANDARD HOSPITAL BENEFIT)
AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2008


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BR 14/2008

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1970

1970 : 523

HEALTH INSURANCE (STANDARD HOSPITAL BENEFIT)
AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2008


The Minister responsible for Health, in exercise of the powers

conferred on him by section 40(1)(a) of the Health Insurance Act 1970,
makes the following Regulations:

Citation
1 These Regulations, which amend the Health Insurance
(Standard Hospital Benefit) Regulations 1971 (the “principal
Regulations”), may be cited as the Health Insurance (Standard Hospital
Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2008.

Amends regulation 3
2 Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is amended—

(a) by deleting the full stop from paragraph (xxviii) and
substituting a semicolon; and

(b) by inserting, next after paragraph (xxviii), the following
paragraphs⎯

"(xxix) the following laboratory services provided by the
Bermuda Hospitals Board (Chemistry
Department)—

(aa) Complement 3 (kidney);

(bb) Compliment 4;

(cc) Microalbumin (kidney);

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(dd) Cancer Antigen 15-3 (cancer);

(ee) Cancer Antigen 19-9 (cancer);

(ff) NT-Pro BNP (heart);

(gg) C-Reactive Protein (CRP);

(hh) High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein;

(ii) Iodized Calcium (kidney);

(jj) Immunoglobulin A;

(kk) Osmolality/Osmolarity (kidney);

(xxx) the following laboratory services provided by the
Bermuda Hospitals Board (Haematology
Department)—

(aa) Protein C;

(bb) Protein S;

(cc) Activated Protein C Resistance;

(dd) Lupus Anticoagulant Screening;

(ee) Antithrombin III;

(ff) Thrombin Time;

(gg) Anti-XA Assay;

(xxxi) VITEK services provided by the Bermuda
Hospitals Board (Pathology Department);

(xxxii) Ankle Brachial Index Test provided by the
Bermuda Hospitals Board (Hyperbaric and
Wound Care Department);

(xxxiii) Transcutaneous Oxygen Monitoring provided by
the Bermuda Hospitals Board (Hyperbaric and
Wound Care Department);

(xxxiv) Glucose Monitoring provided by the Bermuda
Hospitals Board (Hyperbaric and Wound Care
Department);

(xxxv) Wound Care Assessment provided by the
Bermuda Hospitals Board (Hyperbaric and
Wound Care Department);

(xxxvi) 24-hour blood pressure monitoring service
provided by the Bermuda Hospitals Board;

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(xxxvii) Diabetes counselling provided by the Bermuda
Hospitals Board;

(xxxviii) Bermuda Diabetes Association approved—

(aa) diabetes medications;

(bb) wound care products; and

(cc) diabetes counselling .”.

Commencement
3 These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 April 2008.









Made this 24th day of March, 2008







Minister of Health