HOSPITAL FEES FOR FOREIGN PATIENTS [ S.L.35.14 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 35.14 HOSPITAL FEES FOR FOREIGN PATIENTS REGULATIONS * 3rd March, 1989 LEGAL NOTICE 147 of 1989, as amended by Legal Notices 53 of 1992, 18 of 1997, 147 of 2002, 407 of 2007 and XXIX of 2019. 1. The title of these regulations is the Hospital Fees for Foreign Patients Regulations. 2. These regulations shall not apply in respect of (
- a)a person who is or who has been a citizen of Malta; or (
- b)the wife or husband, or the widow or widower, or any child under the age of eighteen years, of a person referred to under paragraph (a); or (
- c)a person who holds a licence of work issued under article 11 of the Immigration Act, and who is paying the prescribed contribution under the Social Security Act, and the wife or husband and the children under the age of eighteen years who are his dependants; or Title. Non-applicability of regulations. Amended by: L.N. 53 of 1992; XXIX.2019.71. Cap. 217. Cap. 318. (
- d)a citizen of a foreign country which has a reciprocal health care agreement in force with Malta, in respect of such care and treatment to which such citizen would be entitled under the terms of such agreement or any understanding or agreed minutes subsequent thereto; or (
- e)any other person who enjoys freedom of movement in terms of article 44 of the Constitution of Malta; or (
- f)any person who is in Malta in an advisory or consultative capacity to the Government on an invitation of the same or who is otherwise rendering a service to a government department or to a parastatal body and who is certified as such by the Minister responsible for that department or body, as the case may be, and any dependant of such person; or (
- g)any person who is undertaking a course of studies at a school or institution falling within the scope of the Education Act, or otherwise approved by Government. 3.
(1)The fee which may be charged for the care and treatment of in-patients or inmates in any hospital or other institution of the Department of Health, shall be one hundred and ninety-eight euros (198.00) per day, while the fee for recovery at an intensive care unit shall be six hundred and ninety-eight euros and eighty-one cents (698.81) per day, and in a high dependency care unit the fee shall be three hundred and forty-nine euros and fortyone cents (349.41) per day. *These regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 105 of 2024. Cap. 605. Fees. Amended by: L.N. 18 of 1997; L.N. 147 of 2002; L.N. 407 of 2007. 2 [ S.L.35.14 HOSPITAL FEES FOR FOREIGN PATIENTS
(2)The fee referred to under sub-regulation
(1)is not inclusive o f a n y s u rg i c a l o p e r a t i o n o r o f a n y e x t r a o r d i n a r y m e d i c a l investigation which may be carried out on the patient or inmate.
(3)The fee which may be charged for a surgical operation shall be (
- a)for a minor operation under local anaesthesia .............................................. L198.00 (
- b)for a minor operation under general anaesthesia .............................................. L384.35 (
- c)for an intermediate operation ................... L815.28 (
- d)for a major operation ............................... L1,747.03 (
- e)for specialised surgery, namely major neuro-surgical operations, transplantation of organs other than skin and cornea, open heart surgery, major vascular surgery and major plastic surgery ............................... L5,241.09: Provided that the cost of any prosthesis or implant shall be charged in addition to the relative operation fee.
(4)be - The fee for the following investigations, procedures shall (
- a)(
- b)(
- c)(
- d)(
- e)(
- f)(
- g)(
- h)(
- i)CT Scan ............................................... Gamma Scan ....................................... cardiac angiography ............................. peripheral arteriography ...................... MRI ..................................................... cardiac angioplasty .............................. for each stent ....................................... for normal pacemaker and leads .......... for dual chamber pacemaker (exclusive of leads) ............................................. L349.41 L465.87 L698.81 L349.41 L698.81 L2,795.25 L931.75 L3,261.12 L6,988.12 while any other extraordinary medical investigation, procedure shall be charged at cost.
(5)(
- a)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding subregulations of this regulation, the fees to be charged in respect of a patient to whom this sub-regulation applies, shall be as follows: (
- i)for the care and treatment of in-patients or inmates, twenty-seven euros and ninety-five cents (27.95) per day for the first hundred days and eleven euros and sixty-five cents (11.65) per day thereafter; (
- ii)for surgical operations and medical investigations/procedures, fifteen per cent of the fees referred to in sub-regulations
(3)and
(4): Provided that the cost of any prosthesis or implant or for any extraordinary investigation shall be charged HOSPITAL FEES FOR FOREIGN PATIENTS [ S.L.35.14 at cost in addition to the fees referred to in items (
- i)and (
- ii)above. (
- b)This sub-regulation shall apply in respect of a patient (
- i)to whom these regulations apply; and (
- ii)who is a citizen of a country which has a reciprocal health care agreement with Malta which provides for the care and treatment of temporary visitors of either country when such care and treatment is given outside the period specified under such agreement; and (iii) who: - has a residence permit granted in accordance with article 7 of the Immigration Act; or as a result of the extension of his permit to remain in Malta granted in terms of article 6
(1)(c) of the said Act, has resided in Malta for an aggregate period of two years during the last three years preceding his becoming a patient or inmate.
(6)The Minister responsible for Health may, in special cases, or cases of genuine hardship, reduce or waive any fees which are to be charged in accordance with the provisions of these regulations. Cap. 217. 3