Short Title, Extent of Application, Definitions

1.  Short  title

These rules may be  called  the  "Andhra Pradesh Medical Attendance Rules,1972. 

2.  Extent  of Application :- 

(1) They shall  extend  to  the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.

 

(2) These rules also apply to persons who are entitled to medical attendance  under  the  Secretary  of  State  Services   (Medical Attendance)   Rules,  1938,  the  All  India  Services   (Medical Attendance)  Rules,  1954 and also to the  Andhra  Pradesh  State Higher  Judicial Officers who are to be treated on par  with  the I.A.S. and I.P.S. Officers, but only to the extent to which  they are not inconsistent with these rules. 

3.       Definitions :- 

In these rules unless there  is  anything repugnant in the subject or context - 

(1)    "Government Servant" means a whole time Government Servant employed under the Government of Andhra Pradesh and includes such servants  employed under State Governments with  whom  reciprocal agreements  in  respect of medical attendance have  been  entered into, but does not include part time or honorary workers ; 

(2)     "Hospital" means a Government Hospital and  includes  any Special  Hospital in the State or any other  Medical  Institution recognised by the Government. 

Note  :-Non-gazetted Officers and Employees of the  local  bodies drawing salaries not exceeding Rs. 300 per mensem in the  greater Hyderabad city are permitted to take treatment for their families in the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres of the Corporation  of Hyderabad  only  in  emergencies and  get  reimbursement  of  the expenses incurred by them, the emergency being certified as  such by the Medical Officer in charge of the Centre; 

(3)      "Registered   Medical  Practitioner"  means   a   person registered  under  the  Madras  Medical  Registration  Act,  1914 adopted   to   Andhra  State;  and  the  Andhra   Ayurvedic   and Homoeopathic  Medical Practitioners' Registration Act,  1956  and the  Medical Act No. 1 of 1312 Fasli of the  erstwhile  Hyderabad Government;  

(4)     "Authorised  Medical Attendant" means a  Medical  Officer attached  to the Government Hospital or Dispensary in  the  State who  has been nominated by the Government, from time to time,  to Serve as Authorised Medical Attendant for the State Government Servants ; 

[A  list  of  Authorised Medical  Attendants,  appointed  by  the Government is given in Appendix I to these Rules.] 

(5)    "Patient" means a Government Servant or any member of  his family and to whom these rules apply and who has fallen ill ;  

(6)    "Station" means the town or place in which the  Government Servant and other entitled person falls ill ; 

(7)     "Family" :-(a) In the case of a male Government  Servant, family means his parents, wife, legitimate children including  an adopted son and step Children residing with and wholly  dependent on him ; 

(b)  In  the  case of a woman Government  Servant  it  means  her parents, husband and children residing with and wholly  dependent on her. 

(i)     The word 'wife' includes more than one wife. 

(ii)     The claims for reimbursement of expenses in  respect  of parents  should  be accompanied by declaration  in  the  proforma given below.

                    Proforma 

I, .................................................. (full  name and      designation)      hereby      declare      that      my father/mother.....................has  no property or  income  of his/her own and that he/she is wholly dependent on me. 

                                            Signature and date. 

(iii)  A  married  daughter who is under the  protection  of  her husband  does  not  come within the definition  of  "family"  for purposes of these rules. 

(iv)  The  deserted,  divorced,  or  widowed  daughters  who  are residing  with entirely dependent on the Government Servants  and Employees of local bodies drawing salaries not exceeding Rs.  300 per  month  are  eligible  for  medical  concessions  allowed  to Government Servants under these rules. 

(v) Their family for purpose of these rules will include adoptive parents  who are wholly dependent on the Government Servants  but does  not  include  the  real parents,  though  they  are  wholly dependant  on  the  Government  Servants  once  the  adoption  is effected].  [G.O.Ms.No.  123, Health, Dt. 25-11-76  &  G.O.Ms.No. 718, Health, Dt. 18-7-1975] 

(vi)  Medical  reimbursement  bills of the Member  of  the  State Legislature can be presented directly to the District Treasury or Sub-treasury  as the case may be, from which they are  authorised to draw their salaries; on the basis of essentiality  certificate issued by the Authorised Medical Attendant without insisting  for the countersignature of the District Medical and Health  Officer, or Superintendent as the case may be.] 

[Inserted by G.O.Ms.No.418, H&M, Dt. 26-6-1979] 

(8)      "Well-to-do-person" means a person who is in receipt  of an annual income of Rs.  1,200 or more or who is a member of  the family of such a person and actually dependent on him.