Provision of Health Services to Persons Not Ordinarily Resident Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

PART 3 GENERAL HEALTH SERVICES

Visitors to whom general health services shall be available

24.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) general health services shall be available to a visitor who is exempt from charges under—

(a) regulation 5 (lawful residence for 12 months);

(b) regulation 6 (presence for work, study etc, or to settle);

(c) regulation 8 (reciprocal arrangements);

(d) regulation 9 (refugees, asylum seekers and children in care);

(e) regulation 10 (human trafficking);

(f) regulation 11 (exceptional humanitarian reasons)

(g) regulation 12 (diplomats);

(h) regulation 13 (NATO forces);

(i) regulation 14 (long term visits by United Kingdom pensioners);

(j) regulation 15 (war pensioners and armed forces compensation scheme payment recipients);

(k) regulation 16 (Her Majesty’s United Kingdom Forces, Crown servants and others);

(l) regulation 17 (former residents working overseas);

(m) regulation 18 (missionaries);

(n) regulation 19 (prisoners and detainees);

(o) regulation 20 (employees on ships);

(p) regulation 22 (family members of visitors);

(q) article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004.

(2) Where general health services are provided to a visitor under this regulation no charge may be made or recovered in respect of those services, except to the extent that charges would be payable by a person ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland.

Visiting patients under Directive 2011/24/EU

25.—(1) This regulation applies to a visiting patient exercising rights under Directive 2011/24/EU.

(2) Primary medical services shall be available to those visiting patients in accordance with regulation 15(3) and (5) of the GMS Contracts Regulations.

(3) General dental services shall be available to those visiting patients in accordance with paragraph 3(2)(b)(v) of Schedule 2 to the General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(1).

(4) Personal dental services shall be available to those visiting patients in accordance with a pilot scheme established under Article 3(1) of the Health Services (Primary Care) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(2).

(5) Out of hours services shall be available to those visiting patients in accordance with arrangements under Article 56(1) of the Order between the Board and out of hours providers.

(6) Where the services mentioned in paragraphs (2) to (5) are provided to a visiting patient, the charge is such as may be determined by the Department.

(1)

S.R. 1993 No.326 - paragraph 3(2)(b) (v) of Schedule 2 was inserted by S.R. 2013 No. 300

(2)

S.I. 1997/1177 (N.I. 7)