SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8Circumstances in which a claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work
In hospital
2
1
The claimant is—
a
undergoing medical or other treatment as a patient in a hospital or similar institution, or
b
recovering from such treatment in circumstances in which the Department is satisfied that the claimant should be treated as having limited capability for work.
2
The circumstances in which a claimant is to be regarded as undergoing treatment falling within sub-paragraph (1)(a) include where the claimant is attending a residential programme of rehabilitation for the treatment of drug or alcohol dependency.
3
For the purposes of this paragraph, a claimant is to be regarded as undergoing treatment as a patient in a hospital or similar institution only if that claimant has been advised by a health care professional to stay for a period of 24 hours or longer following medical or other treatment.