ENTITLEMENT IN UNDER EU REGULATIONS

Under EU regulations, health care can be provided in Cyprus for people from other EU Member States. The health care is provided on the same basis as is provided to a Cypriot national and is available at any of the Government Medical Institutions in Cyprus.

To obtain heath care in Cyprus, you must initially be in possession of an appropriate E - Form or a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) from your own Member State. You are entitled to if you fall into one of the categories listed below. You will also see from the table below, which particular E - Form you need.

NECESSARY WHAT MEDICAL TREATMENT WILL THESE E - submitted to a state hospital or the Ministry of CATEGORY OF PERSON E - FORM – FORMS ENTITLE ME TO ? Health together with the appropriate E-form

CARD and supporting documents required Temporary visitor or tourist E111 or EHIC PERSONS WITH FORM E111 or EHIC according to instructions. If you are a Pensioner, you will also need some form of A Pensioner coming to live proof to confirm that you are receiving a permanently in Cyprus. E121 The form E111 or EHIC entitles you to Pension from your “home” State. The A worker from another receive any medically necessary treatment application will be processed by the Ministry Member State posted to E111 or EHIC that you may need during your stay in of Health as quickly as possible. The Cyprus work in Cyprus less than one Cyprus. If you have not got a form E111 or Medical card will entitle you to receive health year. EHIC when attending at a Cyprus State care in Cyprus for the duration covered by A worker from another E106 Hospital, it may be possible for you to obtain the card. Member State posted to such a form by contacting your “home” work in Cyprus for more than administration who may be able to provide one year. you with the relevant documentation. PERSONS WITH FORM E123 A U.K. person under E106 Pension age coming to live (residual) If you do not have the Required E – Form or This E123 Form entitles you to receive permanently in Cyprus. EHIC, the state hospital authorities are treatment in Cyprus for your industrial injury A student. E111 entitled to charge you for the treatment or occupational disease only. To receive Dependants living in Cyprus provided, but you may claim reimbursement treatment for any other medical condition but insured worker living in E109 later from your home Member State. under the EU Regulations, you must also be another Member State. in possession of another E-form. The form A person from another PERSONS WITH FORMS E106, E109, E123 should always be presented to the Member State in receipt of E111 or EHIC E121 hospital authorities when treatment is required for your industrial injury or Unemployment Benefit and prescribed disease. seeking work in Cyprus. If you are in possession of any of these

A person in receipt of forms, you MUST register with the Cyprus If you have been issued with form E123, and Industrial Injuries Benefit or E123 Ministry of Health. On arrival in Cyprus, you have decided to take up permanent an occupational disease. should contact a Cyprus State Hospital or the residence in Cyprus, you should let the A person referred to Cyprus Ministry of Health, where you will be given an Cypriot authorities know that you hold this for specific medical E112 application form for a Cyprus Medical Card. form. treatment. The completed application form should be

PERSONS WITH FORM E112

You should immediately present this form to the state hospital authorities when you attend for your treatment. INFORMATION LEAFLET ON

HEALTH CARE IN CYPRUS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES WITH UNDER EU REGULATIONS REGARD TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS LEAFLET, YOU

SHOULD CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES IN YOUR HOME STATE OR

ALTERNATIVELY THE MINISTRY OF AT THE ADDRESS

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Address: Ministry of Health, 10 Markou Drakou Street, 1448 Lefkosia

Telepnones: 00357 22 400207 00357 22 305354 Fax: 00357 22 305346

Web site: www.moh.gov.cy

MINISTRY OF HEALTH