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1.13.5 European Heath Insurance Card
Anyone carrying a European Health Insurance Card is entitled to receive medically necessary care while staying temporarily in an EU Member State or in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland. The treatment is provided subject to the legislation and regulations of the country where it is given. The procedure for getting the treatment and any client fee charged is the same as those that apply to local residents.
A summary of the use of the European Health Insurance Card is available on the web site of Kela at http://www.kela.fi/
For treatment not covered by the European Health Insurance Card, an E112 or S2 form must be submitted to the public health care service provider. In order to receive more extensive health (including medical) care, members of missions and their family members should register for a certification which is issued by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela). An E106 or S1 form must be presented to Kela for the certification.
Both forms may be obtained from the competent authorities of the person´s permanent country of residence. After registration, Kela issues a national document Certificate of entitlement for medical care in Finland to the person concerned, which shall be used whenever visiting the public health care service.
1.13.6 Residence of Municipality
The Act on Municipality of Residence provides that a person, who is in the service of a diplomatic mission or in a consulate of a foreign state, does not have a municipality of residence in Finland unless the person is of Finnish nationality, or has a municipality of residence obtained prior to the service in the mission. The same applies to the family members or private servants of the person concerned.
The register offices (“maistraatti”) provide information about domicile issues. More information is available on the following website: http://www.maistraatti.fi/
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