Translation: Only the Danish document has legal validity.

Order no. 1331 of 5 December 2006

Order on the Special Health Insurance Scheme for Seafarers etc.
The following shall be laid down pursuant to sections 9 and 161 of the Danish Health Act(sundhedsloven), Act no. 546 of 24 June 2005:
1. The special health insurance scheme for seafarers etc. shall be administered by the Danish
Maritime Authority. The Authority shall make decisions on the right to benefits etc. pursuant to thisExecutive Order.
Group of persons
2.-(1) The following persons shall have the right to benefits pursuant to this Executive Order:
1) Seafarers serving on a Danish ship, unless the ship exclusively sails in domestic trade.
2) Other seafarers staying or living abroad, including the Faeroe Islands and Greenland, and
who within the last two weeks have served on a Danish ship, provided they have not taken
up another professional occupation after the service has ended.
3) Seafarers whose employment relationship is not linked to a specific Danish ship
(employees of shipping companies), during service abroad, including the Faeroe Islands andGreenland.
4) Seafarers’ spouses and children under 18 years of age travelling with the ship.
(2) The persons mentioned in subsection (1), nos. 1, 3 or 4 shall be entitled to benefits during avoyage to or from the ship. However, the persons mentioned in no. 4 have no access to benefits
pursuant to this Executive Order during voyages in Denmark if they are covered by other provisionsof the Danish Health Act (sundhedsloven).
(3) Seafarers on a Danish ship taken over for chartering on bareboat conditions by a foreign
shipping company shall not be covered by this Executive Order.
Benefits abroad
3.-(1) The special health insurance scheme for seafarers shall pay subsidies for health services
abroad, including the Faeroe Islands and Greenland. These subsidies shall be equivalent to thesubsidy, and shall be granted with any limitations, applying for corresponding services in Denmark
pursuant to health legislation or collective agreements issued pursuant to the Danish Health Act(sundhedsloven) unless otherwise is mentioned under the individual services. The special healthinsurance scheme shall include the following services:
1) Free medical care, including specialist care.
2) Dental treatment, 50 per cent of the cost if the treatment is equivalent to services qualifying
for subsidies in Denmark.
3) Treatment by a chiropractor.
4) Free treatment by a physiotherapist, provided the treatment was given by a medical
practitioner or in a hospital.
* Throughout the translation the term "shipowner"
1 is used to denote the Danish term "reder"
for which there is no directly equivalent English term. The "reder" is the entity that operates
the ship for its own account, typically the owner or demise charterer of the ship. Time andvoyage charterers are not considered "reder".

Translation: Only the Danish document has legal validity.

5) Hospital treatment and midwifery.
6) Full cover of costs of drugs purchased in connection with treatment by a medical
practitioner, in a hospital, or dental treatment. Consumption from the ship's medicine chest
shall not be covered.
7) Full cover of necessary transportation to and from the doctor, hospital or midwife by thecheapest, safe means of transportation, as the circumstances may require, and full cover ofcosts of necessary transportation of a doctor or a midwife to and from the patient.
Services in Denmark
4. The special health insurance scheme for seafarers shall include subsidies for the services
mentioned in section 3 during continued sickness in Denmark, to the extent that the person inquestion does not have access to subsidies or free treatment pursuant to other provisions of theDanish Health Act (sundhedsloven) etc.
5. If a person covered by section 2 who is not domiciled in Denmark becomes sick in Denmark
during voyage to or from the ship or during the ship's stay in a Danish port, subsidies shall begranted for the services mentioned in section 3, nos. 1-6, to the extent that the person in question
does not have access to subsidies or free treatment pursuant to other provisions of the Danish Health
Act (sundhedsloven) etc.
Funeral assistance
6.-(1) Funeral assistance shall be granted within the period stipulated in section 7 provided thatdeath was caused by a disease or an accident which occurred while the deceased was covered bysection 2. Funeral assistance shall include:a) Reasonable costs of a decent funeral.
b) Costs in connection with bringing home the body or the ashes to Denmark if the next of kin
so wish.
c) Reasonable costs to return the personal belongings of the deceased to Denmark.
(2) Any amounts paid pursuant to section 160 of the Danish Health Act (sundhedsloven) shall bededucted from the funeral assistance.
Time provisions
7.-(1) Services pursuant to section 3 shall be granted for up to 18 weeks from the first full day ofsickness.
(2) Services pursuant to sections 4-6 shall be granted in the period in which the person in questionis entitled to care pursuant to the Merchant Shipping (Masters and Seamen's) Act (sømandsloven).
(3) The Danish Maritime Authority may, under special circumstances, extend the time limits
mentioned.

* Throughout the translation the term "shipowner"
2 is used to denote the Danish term "reder"
for which there is no directly equivalent English term. The "reder" is the entity that operates
the ship for its own account, typically the owner or demise charterer of the ship. Time andvoyage charterers are not considered "reder".

Translation: Only the Danish document has legal validity.

Travelling and subsistence costs etc.
8.-(1) During periods of incapacity for work due to sickness, allowances for board and lodging
outside Denmark, including the Faeroe Islands and Greenland, shall be granted for up to 18 weeks
from the first day of sickness. Allowances for board and lodging in Denmark may only be granted
for up to six weeks. Allowances shall not be granted for hospital stays or similar where provision offood is included.
(2) The Danish Maritime Authority shall lay down more detailed regulations regarding allowancesfor board and lodging, including the size of the allowances. The Danish Maritime Authority may
under special circumstances extend the limits mentioned in subsection (1).
9.-(1) For seafarers covered by section 2, no. 1, and who are signed off outside Denmark,including the Faeroe Islands and Greenland, as a result of sickness or injury, costs of the voyage
home by the cheapest, safe means of transportation as well as board and lodging during the voyage
shall be covered. The home voyage shall take place during the sickness or immediately after
notification of fitness for duty and within the periods mentioned in section 7. Seafarers covered bysection 2, no. 1 and who are not resident in Denmark may have their travelling costs covered to theplace of engagement instead of a voyage home to Denmark.
(2) The Danish Maritime Authority shall lay down more detailed regulations regarding cover ofcosts pursuant to subsection (1).
Miscellaneous provisions
10.-(1) The master or the shipping company shall immediately submit a notification to the DanishMaritime Authority if a person covered by section 2 is hospitalised and the costs in this connection
are to be covered pursuant to section 3. However, persons covered by section 2, no.2 shall submit
the notification themselves. The Danish Maritime Authority may decide that the person shall betransferred to another hospital, undergo further treatment in Denmark, or other measures shall betaken.
(2) The Danish Maritime Authority shall prepare more detailed regulations on notification andforms for use in notification as well as requests for reimbursement of costs in connection withtreatment.
Financing
11.-(1) The Government shall pay the costs of the special health insurance scheme for seafarers.
(2) To cover of the costs, the shipowners* (owners of the ship) shall pay an annual contribution
for each seafarer in foreign trade, cf. section 258 of the Danish Health Act (sundhedsloven).
Right of appeal
12.-(1) Appeals against decisions pursuant to this Executive Order may, within four weeks after
the insured person or the shipping company has been notified of the decision, be brought before the* Throughout the translation the term "shipowner"
3 is used to denote the Danish term "reder"
for which there is no directly equivalent English term. The "reder" is the entity that operates
the ship for its own account, typically the owner or demise charterer of the ship. Time andvoyage charterers are not considered "reder".

Translation: Only the Danish document has legal validity.

Patients’ Board of Complaints (Sundhedsvæsenets Patientklagenævn), cf. section 8 of the Act onright of appeal and compensation within the national health service (lov om klage- og
erstatningsadgang inden for sundhedsvæsenet), Act no. 547 of 24 June 2005. The appeal shall be
submitted to the Danish Maritime Authority.
(2) Before an appeal pursuant to subsection (1) is processed by the Patients’ Board of Complaints,
the Danish Maritime Authority shall assess whether there is basis for fully or partly delivering
judgment in favour of the claimant. If the Danish Maritime Authority rules against the claimant, theappeal shall be submitted to the Patients’ Board of Complaints with the reason for the decision andthe reassessment.
Entry into force
13.-(1) This Executive Order shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.
(2) At the same time Executive Order no. 732 of 21 December 1982 on public health insurance forseafarers etc. (Bekendtgørelse om offentlig sygesikring for søfarende) and announcement no. 1004
of 1 March 1984 on public health insurance for seafarers etc. (meddelelse om offentlig sygesikring
for søfarende) shall be repealed.
Ministry of the Interior and Health, 5 December 2006
Lars Løkke Rasmussen/Kirsten Hvid

* Throughout the translation the term "shipowner"
4 is used to denote the Danish term "reder"
for which there is no directly equivalent English term. The "reder" is the entity that operates
the ship for its own account, typically the owner or demise charterer of the ship. Time andvoyage charterers are not considered "reder".