The National Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare) Regulations 2013

Made: 9th September 2013

Laid before Parliament: 13th September 2013

Coming into force: 25th October 2013

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PART 1 — INTRODUCTORY

Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

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PART 2 — NATIONAL CONTACT POINT

National contact point: designation

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NCP: information about treatment in England and Wales

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NCP: information about treatment in another member State

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NCP: cross-border co-operation

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NCP: duty to consult

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PART 3 — TREATMENT IN ANOTHER STATE (ENGLAND)

Reimbursement of cost of treatment

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Payment of travelling expenses

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Information on rights and entitlements

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PART 4 — TREATMENT IN ANOTHER STATE (WALES)

Reimbursement of cost of treatment

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Payment of travelling expenses

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Information on rights and entitlements

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PART 5 — VISITING PATIENTS

NHS charges

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Exemption from NHS charges for certain persons who reside in another member State

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PART 6 — AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS AND REVIEW

Amendment to the National Health Service and Public Health (Functions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013

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Review

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Anna Soubry — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — 2013-09-09

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c.68. By virtue of the amendment to section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51), regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under the EEA Agreement.

[^f00003]: Section 1H was inserted by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7), section 9(1).

[^f00004]: Section 14D was inserted by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, section 25(1).

[^f00005]: OJ No. L88, 4.4.2011, p.45.

[^f00006]: 2002 c.17. Section 25 has been amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14), section 113, Schedule 10, paragraph 17 and Schedule 15, Part 2; and by S.I. 2010/231 and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7), sections 220 and 224.

[^f00007]: 2006 c.42.

[^f00008]: 2006 c.41.

[^f00009]: OJ No. L255, 30.9.2005, p.22; corrigenda to the Directive published in OJ No.L271, 16.10.2007, p18; and in OJ No. L 93, 4.4.2008, p.28.

[^f00010]: Section 6A (reimbursement of the cost of services provided in another EEA state) was inserted by regulation 2 of the National Health Service (Reimbursement of the Cost of EEA Treatment) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. 2010/915) and amended by s.55(1) of and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7).

[^f00011]: Section 183 was amended by S.I. 2010/915 and by s.55 of and Schedule 4 Part 8 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

[^f00012]: Section 6A (reimbursement of the cost of services provided in another EEA state) was inserted by regulation 5 of the National Health Service (Reimbursement of the Cost of EEA Treatment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/915).

[^f00013]: Section 131 was amended by S.I. 2010/915 and by s.297 of and Sch.21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

[^f00014]: Section 6A(11) was amended by s.55(1) of and Schedule 4 Part 1 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

[^f00015]: OJ No. L166, 30.4.2004 p. 1-123; corrigenda to the Regulation published in OJ No. L 200,7.6.2004 p. 1-49 and OJ No. L 204, 4.8.2007, p 30.

[^f00016]: S.I. 2013/261.

Editorial notes

NCP: information about prescriptions intended to be used in another member State

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NCP: cross-border co-operation

NCP: duty to consult

SCHEDULE — Elements that must be included in prescriptions intended to be used in another member State

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