TARIFF OF FEES PAYABLE TO MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ġ S.L.458.02 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 458.02
TARIFF OF FEES PAYABLE TO MEDICAL 
PRACTITIONERS ORDER
13th December, 1938
GOVERNMENT NOTICE 486 of 1938, as amended by: Emergency
Ordinance II of 1959; Legal Notice 1 of 1960; and Act XIII of 1983.
Title.
Practitioners Order.
Tariff of fees.
as set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Amended by:
II. 1959.31.
L.N. 1 of 1960;
XIII. 1983.5.
S C H E D U L E
(Article 2)
Tariff of Fees payable to Medical Practitioners
Lm c
1. Ordinary visits, day or night ...................... .25
2. Visits in response to urgent call, between 7
a.m. and 9 p.m. .................................... .50
3. Visits in response to urgent call, between 9
p.m. and 7 a.m. ........................... from
 to
.50
.75
4. Special examinations (obstetrical,
gynaecological, ophtalmic,
laryngological,  et   similia  ............... from
 to 1
.25
.00
5. Consultation between two or more doctors:
Practitioner in charge of the case ............
Consultant .............................................
1
3
.50
.00
6. Continuous attendance lasting at least one
hour besides the visit, for every hour or
additional portion of an hour,
 between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.
 between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m.
.50
.75
7. Complete examination of a person when
required for a special purpose, and verbal
report of the result ................................. 1 .00
8. Complete examination of a person and
written report of the result or of a
treatment required, when this
examination and this report are asked for
......................................................... 1 .50
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but when, by special request, the mental
condition of a person is also examined
....................................... from
 to
2
5
.00
.00
9. Injection, hypodermic or intramuscular ...... .12, 5
10.
.
Injection intravenous ..........................from
 to
.37,
.75
5
11. Blood transfusion including selection of
donor ............................................. from
 to
5
7
.00
.00
12. Catheterization of bladder ..................from
 to 2
.25
.00
13. Suture of the skin, opening of superficial
abscesses, simple extraction of foreign
bodies, dressing of wounds and burns,
and other similar operations ........... from
 to 2
.50
.00
14. Paracentesis for ascites or hydrocele,
hypodermoclysis, probing, lavage and
medication of cavities or canals and
other similar operations ................. from
 to 3
.50
.00
15. Lumbar puncture, paracentesis of the
thorax or of the urinary bladder,
phleboclysis and other similar operations
...................................................... from
  to
1
3
.50
.00
16. When any of the operations mentioned at
paragraphs 10, 12, 13, 14 and 15
inclusive are repeated during the course
of the same illness by the same medical
practitioner, the charge for each
operation subsequent to the first shall be
at half the rates set forth above,
respectively.
17. Inoculation for purpose of immunization
including certificate ............................... .37, 5
18. Ligature of blood vessels ....................from
 to
3
12
.00
.00
19. Tracheotomy ......................................from
 to
5
10
.00
.00
20. Setting, bandaging or splinting of fractures
and dislocations ............................. from
 to
1
10
.00
.00
21. Attendance during labour or during
abortion ......................................... from
 to
2
6
.00
.00
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22. Application of forceps, or version or
extraction of foetus (in addition to
attendance) .................................... from
 to
2
6
.00
.00
23. Excision and surgical treatment of wounds
(Debridement) ............................... from
  to
2
6
.00
.00
24. Manual extraction of placenta, when the
practitioner has not attended during
labour ............................................ from
 to
3
5
.00
.00
25. Colpoperineorrhaphy post partum, when
the practitioner has not attended during
the labour ...................................... from
 to
3
6
.00
.00
26. Curettage or emptying of womb ........from
 to
3
6
.00
.00
27. Cesarean section on the living, abdominal
section for extrauterine gestation or for
rapture of the uterus ......................from
 to
20
40
.00
.00
28. Cesarean section on the dead ............from
 to
10
20
.00
.00
29. Resuscitation of new-born child, when the
practitioner has not attended during
labour .................................................... 3 .00
30. Certificate stating the illness from which a
person is suffering and the ability or
otherwise of attending to his or her
occupations, apart from the visit fee ....... .25
31. Certificate regarding bodily injuries
intended for presentation in court ........... 1 .00
32. Chemical examination of urine, qualitative
.............................................. .25
33. Microscopical examination or urine ........... .50
34. Surgical cleaning, setting and other
essential treatment of open fractures or
dislocations ................................... from
 to
10
30
.00
.00
35. When the practitioner’s attendance is
required away from the town, suburb or
village in which he resides, for every
mile or part of a mile from the limits of
such town, suburb or village where the
patient resides, there shall be reckoned
additional fees laid down in this tariff
and to the travelling expenses according
to law, a rate of ...................... .12, 5
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36. When the practitioner is called on board a
ship lying in one of the harbours or bays
of these islands, to the fees mentioned in
this tariff and exclusive of boat expenses
there shall be added
between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.
 between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m.
1
2
.00
.00
37. When the practitioner lives out of the place
bordering on the harbour or bay in which
the ship is lying, besides the rate fixed in
the preceding paragraph, the rates fixed
in paragraph 35 shall be chargeable for
the distance between the practitioners’
place of residence and the quay or shore
of the harbour or bay where the ship is
lying.
38. When the practitioner is called to a ship
lying out of a harbour or bay in these
Islands, besides the travelling expenses
by land and sea and the other fees and
charges under this tariff, there shall be
chargeable also a fee of .......................... 5 .00
39. General anaesthesia ........................... from
 to
1
5
.50
.00
40. Spinal anaesthesia ..................................... 3 .00
41. For visits of two or more members of one
family living in the same house half the
fees established under paragraphs 1, 2
and 3 shall be charged in regard to each
member beyond the first.
42. The rates as established by this tariff are
binding only whenever there has been no
previous agreement between practitioner
and patient. In those cases in which
minimum and maximum rates are
established, if the amount asked by the
practitioner be challenged, the fee shall
be fixed by the Medical Council who
will take in consideration all the
circumstances of the case.
The fees for operations and other services
not included in this tariff shall be
assessed by the Medical Council
according to circumstances, provided
there has been no previous agreement.
The Medical Council may also assess fees
due for medico-legal reports.
