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• the occupational health service plan is up to date and the planned functions are being implemented and
• the costs of the employer are based on the accountancy of the financial year of the employer.
The foundation of occupational health care is a workplace survey, which the occupational health care service performs and writes up in a report.
There is no obligation for an employer to offer more extensive occupational health care for employees, such as services of a general practitioner.
1.13.4 Health Care
Health care services in Finland are provided by the public and private sector. All foreigners have the right to urgent care in the Finnish public health care sector, which is defined as care for medical conditions arising unexpectedly in the country of stay and demanding immediate medical assistance.
Health care arrangements for locally employed staff members depend on whether the person is resident in Finland, or whether the person is entitled to public health care services under EU regulations or under a bilateral health care/ social security agreement.
Persons who are permanently resident in a municipality in Finland are, as a rule, entitled to use public health care services. A locally employed staff member may also under EU regulations or other applicable statutes be entitled to public health care services in Finland. In that case Kela will issue a Certificate of entitlement for medical care in Finland to the person concerned which shall be used whenever visiting a public health care service. If the person is not entitled to the public health care under Finnish national legislation, EU regulations or bilateral agreements, he/she is charged a fee that covers the full cost of the service.
Persons covered by the Finnish sickness insurance or persons entitled to health care benefits under Finnish legislation, EU regulations or bilateral health care/social security agreements are entitled to a partial reimbursement of the fees charged by private health care including pharmacies.
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