1. These Rules define the procedure for providing medical care to foreign citizens on the territory of the Russian Federation.
2. Medical assistance to foreign citizens temporarily staying (temporarily residing) or permanently residing in the Russian Federation is provided by medical and other organizations engaged in medical activities, regardless of their organizational and legal form, as well as individual entrepreneurs engaged in medical activities (hereinafter referred to as medical organizations).
3. Emergency medical care in case of 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 within the framework of compulsory medical insurance.
5. Ambulance, including specialized ambulance, medical care is provided to foreign citizens in cases of diseases, accidents, injuries, poisoning and other conditions requiring urgent medical intervention.
Medical organizations of the state and municipal health care systems provide this medical care to foreign citizens free of charge.
6. Medical care in an emergency form (with the exception of 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 medical insurance contracts and (or) concluded in favor of foreign citizens specified in paragraph 4 of these Rules, contracts in accordance with in the field of compulsory medical insurance.
7. Medical care in a planned form is provided on condition that a foreign citizen submits written guarantees of fulfillment of the obligation to pay the actual cost of medical services or prepayment of medical services based on the expected volume of provision of these services (except in cases of medical care in accordance with paragraph 4 of these Rules), as well as the necessary medical documentation (extract from the medical history, data from clinical, radiological, laboratory and other studies) if available.
8. After the completion of the treatment of a foreign citizen, an extract from the medical documentation is sent to his address or the address of a legal entity or individual representing the interests of a foreign citizen, in agreement with the specified citizen, indicating the period of medical care in a medical organization, as well as measures taken for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and medical rehabilitation.
Medical documentation sent from the Russian Federation to another state must be filled in in Russian.
9. Invoices for the actual medical care provided within 10 days after the end of treatment are sent by the medical organization to the address of a foreign citizen or a legal entity or individual representing the interests of a foreign citizen, unless otherwise provided by the contract in accordance with which it was provided (except in cases of medical care in accordance with paragraph 4 these Rules).
10. Disputes related to the provision of medical care or late payment of invoices for actually provided medical care shall be resolved in accordance with the procedure provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
11. If an international treaty of the Russian Federation establishes a different procedure for providing medical care to foreign citizens, the rules of the international treaty shall apply.
DOWNLOAD THE FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON THE LEGAL STATUS OF FOREIGN CITIZENS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DATED 01/15/2007 No. 9 (ED. DATED 10/21/2023) "ON THE PROCEDURE FOR MIGRATION REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN CITIZENS AND STATELESS PERSONS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION"
