The Ministry of Health responded immediately to help war refugees from Ukraine and to integrate them into our country's life. Therefore, the Resort has logistically provided basic health care for war refugees and is gradually adjusting all necessary processes, including facilitating entry in case of interest of Ukrainian health professionals in our system.

With the Lex Ukraine legislation, we will enable health professionals from abroad to enter our system in an accelerated form. They can work in case of interest under the institute of temporary professional internship under the supervision of a doctor or healthcare professional in our system. Temporary traineeships will be possible in both ambulances and hospitals and in all health professions. The current arrangements have allowed temporary traineeships only in medical professions by a doctor, nurse and midwife, and only in hospitals.

Temporary professional traineeships shall mean the performance of professional work activities by a trainee. The trainee shall be a citizen of a Member State or a citizen of a third State who has recognised evidence of education and professional activities.The healthcare provider with whom the trainee has started a traineeship shall immediately notify the Ministry of Health by electronic means:

  1. the name and surname of the trainee,
  2. the date of birth of the trainee,
  3. citizenship of the trainee;
  4. registration number of the decision to recognise the evidence of education,
  5. the name and surname of the supervising healthcare professional,
  6. information that the trainee has submitted all documents.

The trainee's trainee shall be obliged to ensure that the supervising healthcare professional exercises professional oversight over up to three trainees and is personally present in the practice of the traineeship. In the absence of a supervised healthcare professional, a substitute supervised healthcare professional must be physically present in the performance of the traineeship.

–The provider providing outpatient healthcare is obliged to ensure that the supervised healthcare professional is a healthcare professional with at least three years of professional experience and that the professional supervision is carried out by the supervising healthcare professional over a maximum of one internVladimír Lengvarský, Minister of Health of the Slovak Republic, explained.

HEALTHCARE COST

A) Person in temporary custody
A foreigner who is not publicly insured is not insured in another Member State and is also a foreigner who has been granted temporary refuge in the Slovak Republic. At the same time, the Ministry of Health may determine the scope of health performances paid beyond urgent health care by publication on its website. Temporary refuge is granted by the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic.
When providing health care, the foreigner is shown proof of a tolerated stay in the territory of the Slovak Republic with the designation "Temporary refuge' or with the designation "Widower'; said Minister Lengvarsky.
The National Health Information Centre provides the Ministry of Health and the General Health Insurance Agency, a.s. for the purpose of reimbursement of urgent care once a week with data on the provision, disappearance and removal of temporary refuge to a foreigner in the Slovak Republic. The person granted temporary custody does not enter the public health insurance system. The costs of healthcare provided are reimbursed by the General Health Insurance Agency, a. s. and subsequently reimbursed from the State budget.

B) Person transiting through the Slovak Republic
A natural person who is not publicly insured is resident in the territory of Ukraine and enters the territory of the Slovak Republic due to armed conflict in the territory of Ukraine, is entitled to reimbursement of urgent care provided until the date on which he applies for asylum, for subsidiary protection or for temporary refuge, but for the longest period of 30 days from the date of entry into the territory of the Slovak Republic. The Ministry of Health may determine the extent of health performances paid in excess of immediate care by publishing this scope on its website.

As a rule, it is a person who only passes through the Slovak Republic as he moves to another state. When providing healthcare, such person shall be shown either by passport or other identification document. In the case of a child who does not have a passport or identification document, the document of the legal representative shall be sufficient.
This applies to healthcare provided until the end of the emergency situation declared in connection with the mass influx of foreigners into the territory of the Slovak Republic caused by the armed conflict in the territory of Ukraine, Closed by Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky. The transiting person shall not enter the public health insurance system. The costs of healthcare provided are reimbursed by the General Health Insurance Agency, a. s. and subsequently reimbursed from the State budget. In addition to the entitlement to healthcare provided to transiting persons or to persons with temporary custody, there are also international protection institutes which are established in the Slovak Republic and through which a refugee from Ukraine has access to healthcare reimbursement:

C) Person with subsidiary protection granted
As long as person granted subsidiary protection The Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic, the person is entitled to reimbursement of the full extent of health care. The person is shown by a claim card issued by the General Health Insurance Institution, a. s. The person with the additional protection granted does not enter the public health insurance system and thus will not be publicly insured. The costs of healthcare provided are reimbursed by the General Health Insurance Agency, a. s. and subsequently reimbursed from the State budget.

D) Asylum and asylum seekers

If the person applied for asylum, is entitled to reimbursement of urgent medical care. In justified and individual cases, the doctor may recommend further examinations. The applicant for asylum does not enter the public health insurance system and will therefore not be publicly insured. The incurred costs are paid from the state budget, via the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic. The person is evidenced by the proof of the applicant's entitlement to health care issued by the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic. If a person is granted asylum and is thus an asylum seeker, he enters the public health insurance system and is entitled to the same amount of healthcare as an insured person in the Slovak Republic. Asylum is shown by a public health insurance card when providing health care.