RULES FOR RENDERING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN CITIZENS ON THE TERRITORY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (ATV. GOVERNMENT RESOLUTION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF MARCH 6, 2013 N 186)

1.    These Rules determine the procedure for rendering medical assistance to foreign citizens in the territory of the Russian Federation.

2.    Medical assistance to foreign citizens who are temporarily staying (temporarily living) or permanently residing in the Russian Federation, turns out to be medical and other organizations carrying out medical activities, regardless of their organizational and legal form, as well as individual entrepreneurs carrying out medical activities (hereinafter - medical organizations) .

3.    Emergency medical care for sudden acute diseases, conditions, exacerbation of chronic diseases that pose a threat to the patient’s life is provided to foreign citizens by medical organizations free of charge.

4.    Foreign citizens who are insured persons in accordance with the Federal Law “On Compulsory Medical Insurance in the Russian Federation” have the right to free medical care in the framework of compulsory medical insurance.

5.    An ambulance, including emergency specialized, medical care is provided to foreign citizens in case of diseases, accidents, injuries, poisonings and other conditions requiring urgent medical intervention. Medical organizations of the state and municipal health systems specified medical assistance is provided to foreign citizens free of charge.

6.    Emergency medical care (except for emergency, including emergency, specialized medical care) and planned form is provided to foreign citizens in accordance with contracts for the provision of paid medical services or voluntary health insurance contracts and (or) concluded in favor of foreign citizens referred to in paragraph 4 of this Regulation, contracts in the field of compulsory health insurance.

7.    Medical assistance in a planned form is provided on condition that the foreign citizen submits written guarantees of the fulfillment of the obligation to pay the actual cost of medical services or prepay medical services based on the expected volume of these services (except for cases of medical care in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Regulation) as well as the necessary medical documentation (extract from the medical history, clinical, radiological, laboratory and other studies) when available.

8.    After the treatment of a foreign citizen is completed, an extract from the medical documentation indicating the period for providing medical assistance in a medical organization, as well as preventive and diagnostic measures are sent to his address or the address of a legal or natural person representing the interests of a foreign citizen. , treatment and medical rehabilitation. Medical documentation sent from the Russian Federation to another state shall be completed in Russian.

9.    Invoices for actually rendered medical assistance within 10 days after the termination of treatment are sent by a medical organization to the address of a foreign citizen or a legal or natural person representing the interests of a foreign citizen, unless otherwise provided by the contract in accordance with which it was provided (for except for cases of medical care in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Regulation).

10.    Disputes related to the provision of medical assistance or late payment of invoices for actually rendered medical assistance are resolved in the manner prescribed by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

11.   In the event that an international treaty of the Russian Federation establishes a different procedure for rendering medical assistance to foreign citizens, the rules of the international treaty shall apply.