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Cross-Border Healthcare (Amendment) Regulations, 2014
Table of Provisions (9)
Statutory Text (9 Articles)
L.N. 473 of 2014
HEALTH ACT
(CAP. 528)
Cross-Border Healthcare (Amendment) Regulations, 2014
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 30 of the Health
Act, the Parliamentary Secretary for Health has made the following
regulations:-
The title of these regulations is the Cross-Border
Healthcare (Amendment) Regulations, 2014, and these regulations
shall be read and construed as one with the Cross-Border Healthcare
Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".
In the definition "prescription", in regulation 2 of the
principal regulations, for the words "of a regulated health profession."
there shall be substituted the words "of a regulated health profession;"
and immediately thereafter there shall be added the following new
definition
" "Register" means the register established by article 25 of
the Health Act.".
Regulation 7 of the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows
(a)
in sub-paragraph (viii) of paragraph (d) of sub-
regulation (1) thereof, for the words "persons with disabilities."
there shall be substituted the words "persons with disabilities;"
and immediately thereafter there shall be added the following
new definition
" "(ix) the elements to be included in
prescriptions issued in a Member State other
than the Member State where they are
dispensed, as provided for in the Prescription
and Dispensing Requirement Rules."; and
(b)
in sub-regulation (2) thereof, for the words
"available to the public." there shall be substituted the words
"available to the public, including by electronic means and in
formats accessible to persons with a disability, as appropriate.".
Regulation 8 of the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows
(a)
sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be renumbered as
sub-regulation (3); and
(b)
immediately after sub-regulation (1) thereof, there
shall be added the following new sub-regulation
"(2) An insured person who is resident in a
Member State other than in Malta, and for whom Malta is
the competent Member State under Regulation (EC) No.
883/2004, shall be entitled to the services offered by the
Maltese public healthcare system at the same conditions of
other insured persons residing in Malta, if such a service
(a) is not a service requiring prior
authorisation in the Member State where the
insured person resides; and
(b) is not provided in accordance with
Chapter 1 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 883/
2004.".
Regulation 9 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends
regulation 9 of
the principal
regulations.
(a)
sub-regulation (3) thereof shall be renumbered as
sub-regulation (4); and
(b)
immediately after sub-regulation (2) thereof, there
shall be added the following new sub-regulation
"(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in these
regulations, any cross-border healthcare for which a prior
authorisation has already been granted, even before the
entry into force of these regulations, shall be reimbursed in
accordance with that same authorisation.".
Immediately after regulation 11 of the principal Adds new
regulation 12 to
regulations, there shall be added the following new regulation
the principal
regulations.
" Information
Healthcare providers shall provide
to patients.
relevant information to help individual patients
to make an informed choice, including on
treatment options, on the availability, quality
and safety of the healthcare they provide in
Malta. They shall also provide clear invoices
and clear information on prices, as well as on
their authorisation or registration status, their
insurance cover or other means of personal or
collective
protection
with
regard
to
professional liability.".
7. Immediately after regulation 12 of the principal
Adds new
regulation 13 to
regulations, there shall be added the following new regulation
the principal
regulations.
" Medical
A person receiving cross-border
follow-ups.
healthcare shall be entitled to the medical
follow-up in Malta, as prescribed, but only
insofar as such a follow-up is provided for in
the Register and insofar as it forms part of the
Government Formulary List. Such a medical
follow-up shall also be subject to the same
access criteria required for similar follow-ups
for healthcare provided in Malta.".
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