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Hospital Circular 23/2009

Date Issued: 4 September 2009

Distribution: Public Hospitals

Subject: Reciprocal Healthcare Agreements

Purpose

To advise Victorian public hospitals and public health services of the current arrangements regarding Reciprocal Health Care Agreements (RHCA) and the conditions and business rules that guide the delivery of the public hospital services to persons covered under RHCAs.

Public hospitals should arrange for all relevant staff (eg Admission Officers, Medical Records Administrators, and Finance Officers) to be made aware of the eligibility of visitors from Finland, Italy, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Sweden, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Belgium for public health services under the Agreement.

This circular supersedes and replaces all previous RHCA circulars issued.

Hospital Circular 23/2009 in Full (Pdf file 55kb)

Lance Wallace
Executive Director Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services