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Timestamp: 2018-05-21 10:25:25
Document Index: 367273406

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 630', '§ 630', '§ 630', '§ 630', '§ 630', '§ 630']

Legal sources - EU-PATIENTEN.DE
Here you will find an overview of the most important legal sources with regard to taking up cross-border healthcare services.
Entitlements arising from Patients' Rights Directive
Directive 2011/24/EU – also known as the Patients’ Rights Directive – largely implements the principles set out in many judgments of the European Court of Justice for cross-border healthcare within the European Union. Directive 2011/24/EU also contains provisions on the cross-border recognition of prescriptions issued in another Member State. These provisions are lent even greater detail by Implementing Directive 2012/52/EU.
Taken together, both the directive and the implementing directive only provide the framework within which the Member States must establish via national legal provisions how the entitlements and framework conditions are manifested in detail. Each State therefore had to transpose the rights stipulated in the Patients’ Rights Directive and in the implementing directive by means of national legal provisions. The transposition deadline expired on 25 October 2013.
Furthermore, each Member State had to establish a “national contact point” by this date. The contact point informs patients in a non-competitive fashion what rights and obligations they have within cross-border healthcare. National implementation regulations were also issued for this in each State.
We have arranged the essential regulations which were included in the German law to this or already consisted in the German law before coming into force of the guideline for you.
Patients' Rights Directive
Presenting medical prescriptions issued in another Member State
Transposition of the Patients' Rights Directive 2011/24/EU into national law
The case-law of the European Court of Justice on the cross-border receipt of medical benefits, which spans many years, was already transposed into national law in Germany, particularly in section 13 subsections (4)-(6) of Book V of the Social Code (Sozialgesetzbuch V), as long ago as the calendar year 2004. The national contact point was established on 25 October 2013 on the basis of the coming into force of Directive 2011/24/EU. The legal basis in national law can be found in section 219d of Book V of the Social Code.
We have listed the respective national transposition provisions for you in the following sections, broken down by topical areas.
We will be happy to assist you should you have any questions regarding the individual legal provisions. You will find our contact information in the far right-hand column, amongst other places.
Section 13 of Book V of the Social Code (Sozialgesetzbuch V) - Reimbursement of costs in accordance with Directive 2011/24/EU for persons with statutory health insurance in Germany undergoing treatment in other EU States
Section 18 subsection (1) sentence 2 and subsection (2) of Book V of the Social Code - Reimbursement of costs in accordance with Directive 2011/24/EU fpr persons with statutory health insurance in Germany undergoing treatment in other EU States
Section 39 subsection (1) of Book V of the Social Code - Hospital treatment
Section 115a subsections (1) and (2) of Book V of the Social Code - Pre-admission and post-discharge treatment in hospital
Section 115b subsection (1) and (2) of Book V of the Social Code - Out-patient operations in hospital
§ 630 a German Civil Code (BGB) - Duties typical of the contract in the treatment contract
§ 630 b German Civil Code (BGB) - Applicable provisions
§ 630 d German Civil Code (BGB) - Consent
Medical records/Obligations to provide information
§ 630 c German Civil Code (BGB) - Cooperation between the contracting parties; obligations to provide information
§ 630 g German Civil Code (BGB) - Inspection of the medical records
§ 630 h German Civil Code (BGB) - The burden of proof in case of liability for malpractice and errors in providung information
Establishment and funding of the national contact point
Section 219d of Book V of the Social Code - Establishment and funding of the National Contact Point
Entitlements arising from the European regulations on coordination
In addition to entitlements under the “Patients’ Rights Directive”, claims to have costs assumed in connection with cross-border healthcare may arise from European coordination law. The European coordination regulations – Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and its Implementing Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 – coordinate the various fields of social security with one another within Europe.
You can obtain information on the resultant entitlements within cross-border healthcare from the competent health insurance funds or from the German Liaison Agency Health Insurance – International.
You will find the provisions of the coordination regulations on cross-border healthcare which are relevant to you below. They are broken down by topical areas.
Temporary stay outside the competent Member State
Travel with the purpose of receiving benefits in kind
Article 20 Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 - Travel with the purpose of receiving benefits in kind - Authorisation to receive appropriate treatment outside the Member State of residence
Article 26 Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 - Scheduled treatment
Provisions regarding regulations on quality and safety in the healthcare system
A patient’s safety in in-patient and out-patient care is given high priority in Germany. In addition to numerous legal regulations, many practical measures have been taken in Germany in order to ensure patient safety in practice. Obligations for healthcare providers include taking part in inter-institutional quality assurance measures, providing benefits according to the respective state of scientific knowledge, setting up a system for patients’ complaints or introducing quality management at intra-institutional level. Healthcare providers may anonymously report weaknesses; patients may turn to advice centres free of charge, and hospitals draw up annual quality reports according to uniform standards. These and a large number of other measures aim at optimising processes in in-patient and out-patient care as well as at a critical consideration, assessment and constant improvement of quality of patient care.
You will find a part of the most important German regulations on quality and safety below.
Section 135 of Book V of the Social Code - Evaluation of examination and treatment methods
Section 135a of Book V of the Social Code - Quality assurance obligation
Section 137a of Book V of the Social Code - Institute for Quality Assurance and Transparency in the Healthcare System
Section 137b of Book V of the Social Code - Promotion of quality assurance in medicine
Section 137c of Book V of the Social Code - Evaluation of examination and treatment methods in hospitals
Section 137d of Book V of the Social Code - Quality assurance in out-patient and in-patient care or rehabilitation
Section 137e of Book V of the Social Code - Trial of examination and treatment methods
Section 138 of Book V of the Social Code - New remedies
Section 139 of Book V of the Social Code - List of medical aids; quality assurance in medical aids