Cap. 528 Art. 25Public healthcare fees.

(1) There shall be established a Register, to be kept by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for Health, which shall include all the benefits, services, interventions and treatments provided by the public healthcare system, and the cost and, or fees corresponding to each such benefit, service, intervention and treatment. This register shall be updated on an annual basis, or before, as the Minister may from time to time determine.

(2) All the information referred to in sub-article (1) shall be made publicly available.

(3) Without prejudice to any other law or regulations, the established fees and, or costs, shall be construed as the maximum reimbursement possible should a person opt for any form of cross-border healthcare under any form of agreement which Malta may be a party to, irrespective of the actual fees and, or cost incurred in pursuance of such cross-border healthcare.

(4) Any person, not being an insured person as defined under this Act, shall be subjected to pay the full fees and, or costs for benefits, services, interventions or treatments as they result from the register established in sub-article (1).

(5) Without prejudice to sub-article (4) or to any other law or regulation, the Minister may approve for the partial, or full, waiver of fees and, or costs due by any person, not being an insured person, in exceptional circumstances and, or on humanitarian grounds.