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which, in the opinion of the medical practi- tioner by whom the certificate is issuedt, the employee was, is or will be, as the case may be, unfit for work on account of sickness or injury; (b) if where the employer is operating a rc- cognized scheme of medical treatment, the employee, at any time during the sickness or injury, unless he is a patient in a hospital maintained by the Crown or in such a hos- pital as is referred to in subsection (6)(a), refuses without reasonable excuse to submit himself for treatment by the medical practi- lioner employed by the employer for the purposes of the scheme:
(c) if, where the employer is operating a re- cognized scheme of medical treatment, the employee. having submitted himself for treatment by the medical practitioner em- ployed by the employer for the purposes of the scheme or being a patient in a hospital maintained by the Crown or in such a hos- pital as is referred to in subsection (6)(a), at any time during the sickness or injury, with- out reasonable excuse, disregards the advice of such medical practitioner or the advice of the medical practitioner by whom he is being attended in the hospital maintained by the Crown or in such hospital:
(d) if the unfitness for work of the employee is caused by his serious and wilful misconduct; (e) if the unfitness for work of the employee is on account of an injury or occupational dis- ease in respect of which compensation is payable in accordance with the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance;
() in respect of which the employee has re-
ceived holiday pay.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5)α) the ex- pression "appropriate medical certificate" means——
(a) where, on the day on which the certificate
is issued-
(i) the employer is operating a recognized scheme of medical treatment, a certificate
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Rate of sickness Allowance.
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issued by the medical practitioner employed by the employer for the purposes of the scheme; or
(ii) the employes is a patient în a bospital maintained by the Crown or in a hospital in respect of which a person is registered under the Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Maternity Homes Registration Ordinance, a certificate issued by the medical practitioner attending the employee in the hospital; and
(b) in any other case, a certificate issued by any
medical practitioner.
(7) Every medical certificate shall, in addition to specifying the number of days on which, in the opin- ion of the medical practitioner by whom it is issued. the employee was, is or will be, as the case may be. unfit for work, specify the nature of the sickness or injury on account of which, in the opinion of the medical practitioner, the employee was. is or will be, as the case may be, unfit for work.
218. (1) The Director may recognize for the purposes of this Ordinance a scheme of medical treat- ment operated by an employer, if he is satisfied that each employee, who is qualified to be paid sickness allowance by the employer by whom the scheme is operated, is provided, without expense to the cm- ployee, by a medical practitioner with such medical treatment as an out-patient as the Director considers reasonable.
(2) The Director may, having given to the cm- ployer by whom the scheme is operated not less than one month's notice of bis intention so to do, withdraw his recognition of any scheme of medical treatment.
(3) Whenever the Director has recognized, or has withdrawn his recognition of, any scheme of medical treatment. he shall publish a notice thereof in the Gazette.
21C. (1) The daily rate of sickness allowance shall be a sum equivalent to one half of the wages. other than overtime pay, which the employee would have earned if he had worked on the sickness day,
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where an employee is employed on piece rates or where the