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Latvia - Medical care and sickness benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 801/2004 on procedure for mandatory insurance and benefits to public service employees of penitentiaries in the event of work related trauma or disability.

Adoption: 2004-09-21 | Date of entry into force: 2005-01-01 | LVA-2004-R-69186

Provide for mandatory health insurance for public service employees of penitentiaries as well as cash benefits and other compensations in the event of work-related trauma or disability.

Latvia - Medical care and sickness benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 169/2001 concerning Amendments to the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 13 of 12 January 1999 On Health Care Financing.

Adoption: 2001-04-10 | Date of entry into force: 2001-04-10 | LVA-2001-R-60591

Determines the procedure of financing health care services, including hospitalization and medicine. Provides the formulas for calculating health service costs.

Latvia - Medical care and sickness benefit - Law, Act

Amendments to the Law on Maternity and Sickness Insurance.

Adoption: 2000-11-23 | Date of entry into force: 2001-01-01 | LVA-2000-L-59547

Makes provision for granting of paternity benefit as well as for determination of sickness benefit.

Latvia - Medical care and sickness benefit - Law, Act

Law on Amendments to the Law on state social insurance.

Adoption: 1999-11-25 | Date of entry into force: 2000-01-01 | LVA-1999-L-56392

Amendments concern the scope of persons eligible for insurance, installment and administration of social insurance, and sanctions in the event of delayed insurance payments. Provides amendments to the rules of transition.

Latvia - Medical care and sickness benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 13 on financing health care.

Adoption: 1999-01-12 | Date of entry into force: 1999-01-12 | LVA-1999-R-56398

Establishes the procedure for financing health care, receipt and allocation of state mandatory insurance payments, determines the scope of health services covered by the insurance and other types of funds. Repeals Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 434 of 1997-12-23 and Regulations No. 5 of 1998-01-13.

Latvia - Medical care and sickness benefit - Law, Act

Law on Amendments to the Law on maternity and sickness benefits.

Adoption: 1998-06-19 | Date of entry into force: 1998-07-22 | LVA-1998-L-56380

Changes the name of the law to "Law on maternity and sickness insurance". Amends the aim of the law so as to regulate the order of assignment, calculation and payment of state social insurance benefits in cases of insurance provided in this law, as well as to determine persons eligible for the benefits.

Latvia - Medical care and sickness benefit - Law, Act

Law No. LV 167/168 (882/883) of 7 August 1997 on Medical Treatment. -

Adoption: 1997-08-07 | Date of entry into force: 1997-10-01 | LVA-1997-L-90465

Regulates public relationships in medical treatment in order to ensure qualified prevention and diagnosis of diseases and injuries, as well as qualified medical treatment and rehabilitation of patients. Gives, inter alia, legal definitions of several medical professions and sets up basic regulatory basis for their activities.

Repeals Cabinet Regulation On Medical Treatment (Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta Ziotjs, 1997, No. 1; 2005, No. 18; 2006, No. 2).

Also implements Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices.

Latvia - Medical care and sickness benefit - Law, Act

Law on maternity and sickness benefits.

Adoption: 1995-11-06 | Date of entry into force: 1996-04-01 | LVA-1995-L-43906

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