Medical treatment

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Regulation and the Fourth Schedule hereto, an insured person who suffers from a prescribed disease or injury during the course of and arising from his insurable employment shall be entitled to receive medical treatment provided by the Government medical services or by an approved registered medical practitioner or facility in Belize. Social Security 93 (2) When receiving medical treatment pursuant to subregulation (1) above, the insured person may at his option either pay the expenses incidental to the provision of such medical treatment and claim from the Board a fund representing the equivalent of such expenses, or elect for the Board to make direct payment to the approved registered private medical practitioner or facility, or to the Government medical services, as the case may be. (3) Notwithstanding any option taken by an insured person pursuant to subregulation (2) above, the Board shall be deemed to be the purchaser of all medical treatment services offered to an insured person pursuant to subregulation (1) above. Fourth Schedule. (4) The provisions of the Schedule hereto captioned “Fourth Schedule” shall apply to the provision of medical treatment given to an insured person pursuant to this Regulation.