S.L. 35.14 Art. 3Fees.

(1) The fee which may be charged for the care and treatment of in-patients or inmates in any hospital or other institution of the Department of Health, shall be one hundred and ninety-eight euros (198.00) per day, while the fee for recovery at an intensive care unit shall be six hundred and ninety-eight euros and eighty-one cents (698.81) per day, and in a high dependency care unit the fee shall be three hundred and forty-nine euros and forty-one cents (349.41) per day.

*These regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 105 of 2024.

(2) The fee referred to under sub-regulation (1) is not inclusive of any surgical operation or of any extraordinary medical investigation which may be carried out on the patient or inmate.

(3) The fee which may be charged for a surgical operation shall be -

(a) for a minor operation under local anaesthesia .............................................. L198.00

(b) for a minor operation under general anaesthesia .............................................. L384.35

(c) for an intermediate operation ................... L815.28

(d) for a major operation ............................... L1,747.03

(e) for specialised surgery, namely major neuro-surgical operations, transplantation of organs other than skin and cornea, open heart surgery, major vascular surgery and major plastic surgery ............................... L5,241.09:

Provided that the cost of any prosthesis or implant shall be charged in addition to the relative operation fee.

(4) The fee for the following investigations, procedures shall be -

(a) CT Scan ............................................... L349.41

(b) Gamma Scan ....................................... L465.87

(c) cardiac angiography ............................. L698.81

(d) peripheral arteriography ...................... L349.41

(e) MRI ..................................................... L698.81

(f) cardiac angioplasty .............................. L2,795.25

(g) for each stent ....................................... L931.75

(h) for normal pacemaker and leads .......... L3,261.12

(i) for dual chamber pacemaker (exclusive of leads) ............................................. L6,988.12

while any other extraordinary medical investigation, procedure shall be charged at cost.

(5) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding sub-regulations of this regulation, the fees to be charged in respect of a patient to whom this sub-regulation applies, shall be as follows:

(i) for the care and treatment of in-patients or inmates, twenty-seven euros and ninety-five cents (27.95) per day for the first hundred days and eleven euros and sixty-five cents (11.65) per day thereafter;

(ii) for surgical operations and medical investigations/procedures, fifteen per cent of the fees referred to in sub-regulations (3) and (4): Provided that the cost of any prosthesis or implant or for any extraordinary investigation shall be charged at cost in addition to the fees referred to in items (i) and (ii) above.

(b) This sub-regulation shall apply in respect of a patient -

(i) to whom these regulations apply; and

(ii) who is a citizen of a country which has a reciprocal health care agreement with Malta which provides for the care and treatment of temporary visitors of either country when such care and treatment is given outside the period specified under such agreement; and

(iii) who: - has a residence permit granted in accordance with article 7 of the Immigration Act; or - as a result of the extension of his permit to remain in Malta granted in terms of article 6(1)(c) of the said Act, has resided in Malta for an aggregate period of two years during the last three years preceding his becoming a patient or inmate.

(6) The Minister responsible for Health may, in special cases, or cases of genuine hardship, reduce or waive any fees which are to be charged in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.