Legal tip 20. Right to health care of foreigners in Spain
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 6:55 AM
Provision 12. Right to health care of foreigners in Spain
- Foreigners registered in the local census of the town they usually reside , have right to health care under same conditions than Spanish nationals.
- Foreigners being in Spain for a stay have right to public urgent health care if they contracted any serious illness or suffered an accident, whatever the cause might be. They will have right to the continuity of that health care till they are discharged.
- Minor age foreigners being in Spain for a stay have right to health care under same conditions than Spanish nationals.
- Foreigner pregnant women being in Spain for a stay have right to health care during the pregnancy, delivery and post partum.
By Maria L. de Castro
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