Medical Schemes Act, 1998 (Act No. 131 of 1998)Chapter 4 : Medical Schemes23. Name of medical scheme and change of name |
| (1) | The Registrar shall not register a medical scheme under a name, nor change the name of a medical scheme to a name— |
| (a) | which has already been registered; |
| (b) | which so closely resembles the name of a medical scheme already registered that the one is likely to be mistaken for the other; or |
| (c) | which is likely to mislead the public. |
| (2) | A medical scheme shall not use or refer to itself by a name other than the name under which it is registered or a literal translation or an abbreviation thereof which has been approved by the Registrar. |
| (3) | A medical scheme may, with the consent of the Registrar, in conjunction with its registered name, use, or refer to itself by, the name of a medical scheme with which it has amalgamated or which it has absorbed or, in the case of a change of name, the name by which it was previously known. |
| (4) | A medical scheme shall not change its name without the prior written consent of the Registrar. |