Book IV — Health, Safety & Social Welfare
Article 185Medical services.
ELI5— what this means for you
If you contract a work-related illness or are injured at work, the SSS/GSIS must provide you with medical services and appliances throughout your disability period, up to the limits set by the ECC.
Key point
Official text — PD 442
Medical services.
Immediately after an employee contracts sickness or sustains an injury, he shall be provided by the System during the subsequent period of his disability with such medical services and appliances as the nature of his sickness or injury and progress of his recovery may require, subject to the expense limitation prescribed by the Commission.
Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)
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