Medical Card/G.P. Visit Card National Assessment Guidelines

(4) This section does not apply in relation to the functions of the Hospital Bodies Administrative
Bureau”.
Section 68 of the Health Act 2004
“Subject to section 59, references (however expressed) in any Act passed before the establishment
day or in any instrument made before that day under such Act to-
a) the chief executive officer of the health board,
b) the Regional Chief Executive of the Eastern Regional Health Authority, or
c) the area chief executive of an Area Health Board,
are to be read as references to the chief executive officer of the Executive”.
Section 46 of the Health Act 1970
“Any person ordinarily resident in the State who is without full eligibility shall, subject to section 52
(3), have limited eligibility for the services under this Part”
Section 47 of the Health Act 1970
“(1) When, in the administration of section 45, 46 or 58(46 referring to limited eligibility), an officer
of a Health Board decides that a person does not come within a category specified by or under the
relevant section, an appeal shall lie from the decision to a person (being either another officer of the
Health Board or a person not such an officer) appointed or designated by the Minister.
(2) The Minister may by regulation provide for the making and determination of appeals under this
section.”
Section 47(A) –“The Minister may issue guidelines to –
a) the chief executive officers of health boards, and
b) persons appointed or designated by him under section 47 (1),
to assist each of them in deciding whether or not a person is ordinarily resident in the State for the
purposes of sections 45, 46 and 58.”
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