Health (Amendment) Act, 1987
What is this act about?
This law amends the Health Act, 1970, specifically concerning the provision and charging for out-patient services. It outlines how health boards must make these services available and under what conditions charges may be applied.
Who it applies to: Health boards; Persons with full eligibility and persons with limited eligibility.
At a glance
- Country
- Ireland
- Area of law
- Health and pharmaceutical law
- Source
- irishstatutebook.ie
- Text retrieved
- Explanation updated
What does this act regulate?
- The provision of out-patient services by health boards.
- When out-patient services must be provided without charge.
- The circumstances under which charges can be imposed for out-patient services.
- The power of the Minister to make regulations regarding these charges, including their amounts.
Who does this act apply to?
- Health boards.
- Persons with full eligibility and persons with limited eligibility.
- Children with prescribed permanent or long-term diseases and disabilities.
- Children with defects noticed during health examinations under section 66 of the Health Act, 1970.
What are the key points?
- Health boards must provide out-patient services to persons with full eligibility and limited eligibility.
- Out-patient services must be free for children with permanent or long-term diseases/disabilities prescribed by the Minister (with Finance Minister's consent).
- Out-patient services must be free for children with defects found during health examinations under section 66.
- Regulations may allow charges for out-patient services, including drugs, for those without full eligibility and not specified children, with amounts set by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance.
Health and pharmaceutical law
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Out-patient services.
2.
Short title, collective citation and construction.
Act Referred to Health Act, 1970 1970, No. 1 Number 3 of 1987 HEALTH (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1987 AN ACT TO AMEND
SECTION 56
OF THE HEALTH ACT, 1970 , AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [11th April, 1987] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Out-patient services.
1.—
Section 56
of the Health Act, 1970 , is hereby amended by the substitution, for subsections (2) to (5), of the following subsections: “(2) A health board shall, subject to any regulations relating to the services under this section made by virtue of subsection (5), make out-patient services available for persons with full eligibility and persons with limited eligibility.
Short title, collective citation and construction.
2.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Health (Amendment) Act, 1987.
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