Hong Kong Ordinances

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE - SECT 10AA

Medical expenses for accidents occurring outside Hong Kong

(1) This section applies to the liability imposed on an employer under
section 10A, for the payment of medical expenses for medical  treatment, given
outside Hong Kong, in respect of personal injury caused to an employee by
accident occurring outside Hong Kong and arising out of and in the course of
that employee's employment.

(2) An employer shall not be liable to pay medical expenses under
section 10A(1)-

   (a)  in respect of medical treatment given outside Hong Kong to an employee
        in relation to an accident occurring-

        (i)    outside Hong Kong; and

        (ii)   before the commencement of the Employees' Compensation
               (Amendment) Ordinance 1995 (1 of 1995);

   (b)  in respect of medical treatment given outside Hong Kong to an
        employee, unless and until a certificate has been issued by the
        Commissioner under section 10B(1)(b) stating the amount of such
        medical  expenses;

   (c)  if the employer has provided adequate free medical treatment outside
        Hong Kong to the employee; or

   (d)  if, by a written undertaking, the employer has agreed to provide
        adequate free medical treatment outside Hong Kong to the employee and
        the employee fails, without reasonable excuse, to submit himself for
        such medical treatment. (Added 1 of 1995 s. 7)