Part One: General health protection

When patients other than those receiving medical aid opt for the special scheme or the private practice of hospital practitioners, the option is made in writing, as soon as the patient is admitted, by the patient himself, a member of his family or a close relative, after the person concerned has been informed of the special conditions involved in choosing one or other of these categories. The undertaking to pay…

No patient may be transferred to the private practitioners’ sector if he/she has been admitted to the establishment in the public sector, nor may he/she be transferred to the public sector if he/she has been admitted to the private practitioners’ sector. Transfer from one sector to another may, however, in exceptional cases, be authorised by the Director at the reasoned request of the patient or his/her beneficiaries and after obtaining…