§ Mr. BARNESasked if dental attention, including the supply of artificial teeth, will be allowed as medical benefit if a medical attendant under the National Insurance Bill certifies that illness arises from septic teeth and gums, and that he, the medical attendant, cannot do anything further for the insured person unless his teeth are properly attended to; and will a company which has been proved to have been guilty of fraud be allowed to establish an approved society?
Mr. McKINNON WOODWith regard to the first part of the question, the matter will be one for the decision of the local health committee, subject to the regulations of the Insurance Commissioners. With regard to the second, the Insurance Commissioners may, on sufficient grounds, 518 withhold or withdraw approval from a society or separate section of a society.