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

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