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14. Decree No. 77/1999. (XII. 29.) EüM of the Minister of Health on Patient Right
Representatives and the Rules of Procedures.
2000
1. Act II of 2000 on Independent Medical Practice (promulgated: 11/02/2000)
● grants practising family doctors a right to practice which can be sold and bought
2. Government Decree No. 18/2000. (II. 25.) Korm on the Procurement and Withdrawal
of a Family Doctor’s Right to Practice, and the Terms and Conditions of Loans for
Procurement of the Tangible and Intangible Assets and Right to Practice Required
for Family Doctor’s Practice
● regulates buying and selling the right to practice in detail
● provides subsidized loans to family doctors for buying medical equipment and surgery
3. Decree No. 4/2000. (II. 25.) EüM of the Minister of Health on the Family Doctor,
Paediatric and Dental Primary Care Services
● defines the professional content and rules of the provision of primary care
4. Announcement of the Ministry of Health on the Establishment of the Authority for
Medical Devices of Ministry of Health (see the Deed of Foundation in Health Gazette
2000/7)
● transfers the registration and licensing of medical devices to a newly established
organization of the Ministry of Health as of 1 April 2000
5. Government Decree No. 48/2000. (IV. 13.) Korm. on Medical Aids and Prostheses which
can be Prescribed with Social Insurance Subsidy and the Amount of Subsidy and
Decree No. 12/2000. (IV. 13.) EüM of the Minister of Health on the Prescription,
Distribution, Repair and Renting of Medical Aids and Prostheses which can be
Prescribed with Social Insurance Subsidy
● regulates the usage and financing of medical aids and prostheses
6. Government Decree No. 112/2000. (VI. 29.) Korm on the Scope of Duties and Authority
of the Social Insurance Price and Subsidy Committee
● establishes an advisory committee in price subsidy matters
7. Resolution No. 2150/2000. (VI. 30.) Korm. of the Government on Measures to Reduce
Overspending in the Pharmaceutical Sub-budget of the HIF
● includes price negotiations, the elaboration of a new system of pharmaceutical subsidies
and decreases price margins
8. Act CXIII of 2000 on the Amendment of Various Laws on Taxes, Contributions and
Other Government Revenues (promulgated: 14/11/2000)
● abolishes the ceiling on the health insurance contribution of employees as of 1 January
2001, (Article 153, section 1)
9. Act CXVI of 2000 on Arbitration in Health Care (promulgated: 22/11/2000) and Joint
Decree No. 4/2001. (II. 20.) EüM-IM of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Justice
on Certain Aspects of Arbitration in Health Care
● establish the institution and procedures of arbitration to resolve disputes between
patients and health care providers outside of court
10. Government Decree No. 227/2000. (XII. 19.) Korm on the Amendment of Certain
Regulations Concerning the Control of Social Insurance Administration