(1) If,
(a) the Authorised Medical Officer; or
(b) a medical officer in any system of medicine belonging to a District hospital or a Collegiate hospital who is the head of the clinical branch in which a Member or any of the members of his family is treated or getting medical attendance; or
(c) a medical practitioner who has acquired a Post Graduate Degree in Medicine and not less than ten years of practical experience in medical treatment and who is working in a reputed private hospital in which there are facilities for specialised medical treatment or consultation; is of opinion that specialised medical treatment in the clinical branch in which the Member or any of the members of his family required the medical treatment or medical attendance is not well developed in the State or that in the interest of his safety or for securing the best and advanced specialised treatment it is necessary for him to take the treatment in a hospital outside the State but within India he may receive medical attendance by any medical practitioner or other person or medical treatment in the respective system of medicine from any hospital outside the State but within India at the expense of the Government.
(2) If a Member or any of the members of his family contracts illness while staying at a place outside the State, he is entitled to medical attendance by any medical practitioner or other person or medical treatment in any hospital outside the State but within India at the expense of the Government.