(1) Subject to the provisions of rule 11 where any expenditure is required for a Member or any of the members of his family towards the cost of treatment or medical attendance by any medical practitioner or other person, the member shall pay the amount in the first instance and thereafter apply for the reimbursement of the amount.
(2) The application for the reimbursement of the amount referred to in sub rule (1) shall be in the form appended to these rules and shall be accompanied by the bills or vouchers evidencing payment duly signed by the authorised Medical Attendant or the medical practitioner or the person from whom medical treatment or medical attendance was received.
(3) The declaration on the application shall be signed by the Member who applied for the reimbursement of the amount.
(4) The essentiality certificate in the application shall be signed by the Authorised Medical Attendant or the medical practitioner or other person who treated the Member or the members of his family mentioned in the application
(5) The essentiality certificate in the application shall be countersigned by,
(a) The Resident Medical Officer or in his absence the Chief Medical Officer of the Government Hospital relating to the system of medicine in which the treatment was taken or the authorised Medical Attendant in cases where the medical treatment was undergone in a Government Hospital or medical attendance was received from any medical practitioner or other person belonging to a Government Hospital.
(b) A Medical Officer, relating to the system of medicine in which the treatment was taken, who is not below the rank of the Resident Medical Officer of the Taluk Headquarters Hospital of the taluk in which the Member ordinarily resides or the authorised medical attendant in cases, where the medical treatment was undergone in a private hospital within the State or where medical attendance was received from a medical practitioner or other person not in the service of the Government.
(c ) A Medical Officer, relating to the system of medicine in which the treatment was taken, who is not below the rank of a District Medical Officer of the District in which the Member ordinarily resides in cases, where the medical treatment was undergone in a hospital outside the State but within India or where the medical attendance was received from a medical practitioner or other person outside the State but within India.
(d) The Director relating to the system of medicine in which the treatment was undergone in cases where the medical treatment was taken in a hospital or medical attendance was received from a medical practitioner or other person abroad.
(e) The District Medical Officer of the Indian System of Medicine if the treatment was undergone in a Naturopathic Institution and a Psychiatrist of a Government Hospital if the treatment related to counselling in mental health.
(6) No countersignature is necessary if the essentiality certificate is signed by the authorised medical attendant.
(7) When the cost of treatment for a particular period is claimed the claim relating to that period shall be made in full.
(8) The reimbursement of the cost of treatment for more than one system of medicine at a time shall not be allowed. Provided that in cases where treatment in other systems of medicine is undergone by a Member or the members of his family the charges, if any, incurred for the purchase of any medicated oil in Indian System of medicine used for external application may be reimbursed.