Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993)

Consultation fees in accordance with the Consultation Services Unit

Part IV : Travelling Expenses

P. Travelling fees
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Refer to General Rule P P

 

 

Specialist

General practitioner

 

U/E

R

U/E

R

P.

Travelling fees

a)Where, in cases of emergency, a practitioner was called out from his residence or rooms to a patient’s home or the hospital, travelling fees can be charged according to the section on travelling expenses (section IV) if more than 16 kilometres in total had to be travelled.
b)If more than one patient are attended to during the course of a trip, the full travelling expenses must be divided between the relevant patients.
c)A practitioner is not entitled to charge for any travelling expenses or travelling time to his rooms.
d)Where a practitioner's residence is more than 8 kilometres away from a hospital, no travelling fees may be charged for services rendered at such hospitals, except in cases of emergency (services not voluntarily scheduled).
e)Where a practitioner conducts an itinerant practice, he is not entitled to charge fees for travelling expenses except in cases of emergency (services not voluntarily scheduled).

 

When in cases of emergency (refer to general rule P), a doctor has to travel more than 16 kilometres in total to visit an employee, traveling costs can be charged and shall be calculated as follows:

Consultation, visit or surgical fee PLUS

5001

Cost of public transport and traveling time or item 5003



5003

R5.00 per km for each kilometre in excess of 16 kilometres travelled in own car: 19 km total" 3 x R5.00 = R15.00 (no travelling time)




Travelling time (Only applicable when public transport is used)

5005

Specialist 18.00 clinical procedure units per hour or part thereof

18

295.92

 

 

5007

General Practitioner: 12,00 clinical procedure units per hour or part thereof

 

 

18

295.92

5009

After hours: Specialist: 27.00 clinical procedure units per hour or part thereof

27

443.88

 

 

5011

After hours: General Practitioners: 18,00 clinical procedure units per hour or part thereof

 

 

27

443.88

5013

Travelling fees are not payable to practitioners who assisted at operations on cases referred to surgeons by them

 

 

 

 

5015

Travelling expenses may be charged from the medical practitioner’s residence for calls received at night or during weekends in cases where travelling fees are allowed