{"id":437,"date":"2007-07-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gyl.fi\/hvest\/2007\/07\/18\/nyjar_verklagsreglur_um_laeknisrannsokn_a_folki_sem_flyst_til_islands_\/"},"modified":"2007-07-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-18T00:00:00","slug":"nyjar_verklagsreglur_um_laeknisrannsokn_a_folki_sem_flyst_til_islands_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/nyjar_verklagsreglur_um_laeknisrannsokn_a_folki_sem_flyst_til_islands_\/","title":{"rendered":"New procedures for medical examination of people moving to Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A medical examination is one of the prerequisites for a work or residence permit for foreigners here, and the epidemiologist has set new rules for these examinations. <\/p>\n<p>According to Regulation 414\/2007, the Epidemiologist has issued new ones <a href=\"http:\/\/www.landlaeknir.is\/lisalib\/getfile.aspx?itemid=3238\">procedures<\/a> about medical examination of people moving to Iceland and how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.landlaeknir.is\/lisalib\/getfile.aspx?itemid=3239\">the result of these studies shall be treated.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\">The main changes from the previously published guidelines are: <br><ul style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 0cm\" type=\"disc\"><li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\">It is precisely defined which medical examinations must be carried out on applicants for a residence permit from countries outside the EEA. <li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\">The results of tests on adults must be kept at the Center for Epidemic Prevention, the Health Center of the capital region, and the results of tests on children at the Outpatient Department of Infectious Diseases at Hringins Children&#039;s Hospital. <li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\">Payment for the above-mentioned tests and possible treatment resulting from them must be paid by the employer or the applicant for the residence permit during the first 6 months of stay in the country.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\">More information is available on the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.landlaeknir.is\">The National Health Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><img src='\/hvest\/gamlar_myndir\/l_image5108e24a6d59d.jpg'><br \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chief: THOUGH<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A medical examination is one of the prerequisites for a work or residence permit for foreigners here, and the epidemiologist has set new rules for these examinations. According to Regulation 414\/2007, the Epidemiologist has issued new procedures for medical examination of <a href=\"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/nyjar_verklagsreglur_um_laeknisrannsokn_a_folki_sem_flyst_til_islands_\/\">More \u203a<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-af-eldri-vef"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}