(1) All claims for refund of expenses incurred on account of the purchase of the special medicine should be accompanied by an "essentiality certificate” from the authorised medical attendant; the certificate shall be in form 'B'.
(2) Claims on behalf of deceased Government servants in connection with medical charges preferred by legal heirs are reimbursible in the same manner and under the same conditions relating to a Government servant. Article 81 of the Karnataka Financial Code, being applicable to such claims, as it does to salary, leave allowances.
etc., due to a deceased Government servant.
(3) Claims for the reimbursement of the expenditure incurred in connection with the medical charges shall be preferred in Form 'C' and shall be submitted to the controlling officer 1[three months, in accordance with the provisions contained in Article 146-A of Karnataka Financial Code, 1958] 1. The expenditure relating to medical charges being debitable under sub-Head 'Allowance -honoraria, etc.,- cost of medical treatment.'
1 Substituted in Notification No.GAD 2 SMR 70 dated 14th April 1970.
2[Provided that the claims for the reimbursement of medical expenditure of the officers of the Secretariat of and above the rank of Deputy Secretary may be sent direct to the Accounts Section for payment] 2.
2Inserted in Notification No. DPAR 5 SMR 84 dated 11th June 1985.
(4) Claims by Government servants who are on duty, deputation, leave or travelling in any place outside the State, but within the territory of India referred to in Rule 6, shall be supported by proper receipts and vouchers countersigned by the authorised medical attendant to the effect that the treatment was necessary and the charges are reasonable having regard to the circumstances of the case, and sanction of Government obtained in the Finance Department.
3[(5) Claims by Government servants for refund in respect of spectacles shall be accompanied by a certificate from the authorised Medical Attendant and a declaration in form D] 3.
3 Inserted in Notification No. GAD 4 SMR 71 dated 21st May 1971.
(6) Claims by Government servants for reimbursement in respect of dentures or teeth shall be accompanied by an Essentiality Certificate from the Authorised Medical Attendant and in respect of a full set of dentures, a declaration in Form `E'.