Medical Card/G.P. Visit Card National Assessment Guidelines
Medical Card/G.P. Visit Card National Assessment Guidelines
Medical Card/G.P. Visit Card National Assessment Guidelines
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Appendix VI: Health Services (No. 3) Regulations, 1983 – S.I<br />
No. 381 of 1983 (People Aged 16-25 Years)<br />
The relevant regulation governing the provision of services to people aged 16 to 25 years is the<br />
Health Services (No. 3) Regulations, 1983 – S.I. No. 381 of 1983. The full text of those regulations<br />
is: -<br />
“The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 5 of the Health Act,<br />
1947 (No.28 of 1947) and by Section 72 of the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970) hereby makes the<br />
following Regulations:<br />
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Services (No. 3) Regulations, 1983.<br />
2. The services provided under Section 58 (1), 59 (1) and 67 (1) of the Health Act, 1970 shall not<br />
extend to persons between the ages of 16 and 25 who are dependants of persons who do not have full<br />
eligibility for the services under Part IV of the Health Act, 1970 save where it is considered by the<br />
Chief Executive Officer of the appropriate Health Area that such a service should be made available<br />
to such a person in order to avoid undue hardship to that person.<br />
3. These Regulations shall not apply to persons in receipt of an allowance under section 69 (1) of<br />
the Health Act, 1970.<br />
4. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1984”.<br />
Given under the official seal of the Minister for Health this 16th day of December, 1983.<br />
Signed: Barry Desmond<br />
Minister for Health<br />
Note to HSE Staff:<br />
The Health Services (No.3) Regulations, 1983- S.I. No. 381 of 1983, set out the legislative basis for<br />
the assessment of this age category for <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Card</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>. Though this legislation does not<br />
extend to the assessment of GP <strong>Visit</strong> <strong>Card</strong>s, a policy decision has been taken, in the interest of equity<br />
and consistency, that this category would be assessed in the same manner for both the <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Card</strong><br />
and GP <strong>Visit</strong> <strong>Card</strong> Applications when deciding the issue of whether a person is dependant or<br />
independent. The criteria used in Section 3.9 to determine whether a person is “Dependant or<br />
Independent” will be applied in a consistent manner in assessing <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Card</strong>s and GP <strong>Visit</strong><br />
<strong>Card</strong>s.<br />
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