Circular 37 of 2022: Amendment to Regulations 31 and 32 of the Medical Schemes Act

The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) would like to notify stakeholders and the general public of the proposed amendments to Regulations 31 and 32 of the Medical Schemes Act (131 of 1998) (MSA) as recently announced by the Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla in Government Gazette Notice no 46649 published on 1 July 2022.

Regulation 31 deals with the amounts payable to register a medical scheme, accredit an administrator, managed care organisation and brokers, and change the name of a medical scheme. It also states the amount payable upon the renewal of accreditation of entities. Regulation 32 deals with penalties payable for every day which a failure contemplated in Section 66(3) of the MSA continues.

The proposed amendments can be accessed here.

Download the Circular here.