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Decision of 21 September 2006 concerning the designation of work as a matter of concern under the Health Organisation Act, and the exclusion of forms of care provided by that Act or any part thereof (Decision extending and limiting the scope of the Act of Application of the WG)
We Beatrix, at the grace of God, Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc. etc. etc.
On the nomination of Our Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport of 23 May 2006, the MC/MO-2686388 attribute;
Having regard to Article 2 (1), first and second paragraph, of the Health Organisation for Health ;
Hearing the Council of State (opinion of 29 June 2006 number W13.06.0169/III);
Having regard to the further report by Our Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport of 18 September 2006, MMC/MO-2714571,
Have found good and understand:
For the purposes of this Decision the following definitions shall apply: Health Organisation Act .
1 As a care in the sense of the Law shall be designated the activities of:
a. Stichting Vocational Training practitioners, in so far as it concerns the application of Article 56a of the Act for the purposes of training for general practitioner, occupational medicine specialist, and physician for the mentally handicapped;
b. institutions whose work is aimed at donation or transplantation of tissue or organs;
c. persons entered in a register as referred to in Article 3 of the Act on Professions in Individual Health Care or by persons as referred to in Article 34 of that Act In so far as it relates to activities carried out in the course of their occupation with the exception of occupational health care or insurance medical care, whether or not they have been carried out under their own responsibility, and which are not included in the Article 1 (b) of the Act ;
d. the Foundation for Vocational Training for Sport, as far as the application of Article 56a of the Act for the purpose of training to sports medicine.
2 As a concern within the meaning of the Act, it is also designated work in the provision of care under Article 3, fourth paragraph, of the Interim Decision on forensic care has been identified as a forensic concern at ministerial level.
1 The Articles 50 to 56 of the Act shall not apply to:
a. Pharmaceutical concern:
1 °. other than advice or guidance for the purpose of medication assessment and responsible use of UR medicines as intended Article 1, first paragraph, point (s) of the Pharmaceutical Act the making up of those medicinal products,
2 °. to which the Law on blood transfusion applies;
b. The grant of which grant is provided by:
1. Our Minister on the basis of a scheme referred to in Article 3 of the Framework Law VWS grants ;
2. The Zorginstitute on the basis of Article 10.1.3 , 10.1.4 or 11.1.5 of the Act for long-term care ;
c. Vaccination for the prevention of influenza;
d. auxiliary resource care;
e. transport;
f. [ Red: expiring;]
g. Housing adjustments as referred to in Article 3.1.3 of the Act on long-term care ;
h. ortho-option;
i. podotherapy;
j. ergotherapy;
k. skin therapy;
l. optometry;
m. be charged to a person's budget as referred to in Article 3.3.3 of the Act on long-term care shall be financed.
2 The Articles 50 to 56 of the Act shall be applicable where:
a. the care provided for in paragraph 1 (e) and (h) to (h) is delivered by or because of an institution within the meaning of the Health care institutions Act or is part of a performance or a set of benefits for which a tariff is charged; or
(b) transport as intended Article 2.13 of the Decision on health insurance .
1 The Articles 50 to 56 of the Act shall not apply to such care provided, under their own responsibility, by:
a. Radiodiagnostic laboratory technicians;
b. Radiotherapeutic laboratory technicians.
2 The Articles 50 to 56 of the Act shall apply if the care provided in paragraph 1 is provided by or because of an institution within the meaning of the Health care institutions Act or is part of a performance or a set of performance for which a rate is charged.
1 The Articles 50 to 56 of the Act are not applicable to care provided under their own responsibility by nurses and caregits in individual health care.
2 By way of derogation from the first paragraph, the Articles 50 to 56 of the Act of application if care, granted under their own responsibility by nurses and caregits in individual health care, is as defined in Article 2.10 of the Act of Health Insurance .
Article 3, fourth paragraph , 34 , 38, first and third to seventh Member , 40 to 43 and Section 6.2 to 6.5 of the Act do not apply to forensic care as intended in Article 2 of the Interim Decision on forensic care or in a Article 3, fourth paragraph, of that Decision established ministerial arrangement.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date on which the Health Organisation Act enters into force.
This decision is referred to as: Decision extending and limiting the scope of the WMG.
Charges and orders that this Decision will be placed in the Official Journal by means of the note of explanatory note accompanying it.
' s-Gravenhage, 21 September 2006
Beatrix
The Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport,
J. F. Hoogervorst
Published the 28th of September 2006The Minister of Justice,
E. M. H. Hirsch Ballin
