Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Medical Schemes Act, 1998 (Act No. 131 of 1998)Chapter 4 : Medical Schemes21A. Marketing |
| (1) | It is an offence to market, advertise or in any other way promote the business of any person in a manner likely to create the impression that such person conducts, will conduct, or is entitled to conduct, the business of a medical scheme unless that person is registered as a medical scheme in terms of section 24(1) of this Act. |
| (2) | The admission of a person as a member or dependant of a medical scheme may not be made directly or indirectly conditional upon that person purchasing or participating in any product, benefit or service provided by a person other than the medical scheme in terms of its rules. |
| (3) | It is an offence to market, advertise or in any other way promote a medical scheme in a manner likely to create the impression that membership of such medical scheme is conditional upon an applicant purchasing or participating in any product, benefit or service provided by a person other than the medical scheme in terms of its rules. |
