Foreign Patients (HospitaL F~) Regulations, 1989

L.N. 21 ofL\l89

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OHIlINAN C E (C,\P , 35)

Foreign Patients (HospitaL F~) Regulations, 1989

IN exercise of Ihe powe rs conferred by sect ion 2 of the Fees

Ordinance. the Minister for Social Pol icy, wilh the concurrence of lhe

Minister of Finance. has made the following rcgulations:-

I. These regulat ions may be cited as the Foreign Patients 0,,,,,,,,

( Hospital Fees) Regulations. 19811,

dwar Drittijicl13' 1- [,plaT ghal Pazjemi Barranil!.

In these regulations unless the context otherwise rcqu ires -

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"citizen of M alla~ means a person who is so entilled in

accordance wilh the provision s of Chapler [11 of I he Constitution or

who becomes such. a citizen by registration or naturalisation in

accordance wilh the prov ision s of the Mallcse Citizenship Act.

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These regu lations shall 110\ apply in respect of -

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(a ) citizens of Maha: or

(b) the wife or husband and children. in e ither case not heing

citizens of Malta. who arc dependent of a citizen of Maha or of a

person who holds a permit of wor k issued to him under the

provisions of the Immigra tion Act. 1970 and who is paying the A<1 IX ofI91O_

prescribed contribution under the Social Security Act. 19B7: or

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(cl a citizen of a foreign country whi~h has a reciprocal

health care agree ment in force with Malta. in respect of such care

and treatment to which such citizen wo uld be entitled under the

terms o f such agreement.

(I) The fee which may be charged for the ca re and treatment F.",_

of in·patiems or inmates in any hospital or other institution of the

Department of Health . shall be Lm60 pe r day for the first hundred days

of Slay afte r the coming into force of these Regulations. and Lm3 per

day thereafter .

(2) The fee referred to under paragraph (I) ofthis regulation

is not inclusi~e of a ny surgical operation orofany extraordinary medical

in~estigat ion which may be carried oUl on the paticrll or inmate.

(3)

The fee which may be charged for a surgical operation

shall be -

(a )

for a minor operation under local anaesl hesia

Lm40

(b)

fo r a minor operation under general anaesthesia

Lm75

(c)

fo r an intermediat e operatiOn

LmlOO

•

(d)

for 11 major operation

Lm lSO

(e) for a speci alised surgery induding majo r

ne urosurgical ope rations. transplantation of orgallS otller

than skin andoornea. open heart surgery, major vascular

surgery and major pla.n k surgery ... .. .. ............ . .......

Lm500

Prov ided [hat the cost of ally prosthesis o r implant shall be

chorged in addition to the relative operation fee.

(4) The fee for any extraordinary medical investigation shall

be charged al COSt.

(S) The Min i~r" r r~ponsi ble for health may. ill respect of

any patien t o r inmate to whom Ihe fees prescri bed by these regul ations

apply. and who holds a valid residence permit in acrordance with the

provisio ns of the Immigration Act, 1970. reduce such fees if he is Aco IX 01 1970.

satisfied that genuine hardship exists

Provided Ihat Ihe fees charged in such cases shall not be less

than -

(a) 15 ~ rcenl of tho$e refe rred to under this regulat ion in

respeet of citizens of counlries with which Malt a h~ s a reciprocal

health ca re agreement. and

25 perce nt in respect of other ci tize ns.

(b)

(6) The Ministe r responsi ble for heallh may also in respect of

a patie nt or inmate who was already in a Govern me nt hospit al o r

institution on the day of publica tion of these rcgulation~ rcd lK'C as he

deems fi t such fees if he is sa tisfied that genuim: hardship exists and in

such cases may even apply the tari ff of fccs as was currently in forte

before the date of pu blica tion of these regulal ions.

s.

The items $pCcified unde r the headi ng ~ PUB Ll C HEA LTH 11.<",01

DE PARTMENT . from the sub-headi ng ~C HARITA 8 L E

INSTITUTIONS" 10 the last item im mediately precedi ng the heading

~ PUBLJ C WO RKS DE PARTMEN"r. in Government Notice No. 338

of 1925. as ame nded by Government Not ices Nos. 171 of 1930. 387 of

1940.471 of 1941.611 of 1942. 464 of 1944.62 of 1945. 3930f 1947 and 64

of 1950 arc hereby repe ol cd.

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