Q2.Health Insurance and Medical Care
- 1 Q2-1: If an inmate’s household registration is suspended for he or she has been out of the country for more than two years, how does the suspension affect the inmate?
- 2 Q2-2: How do inmates with household registration suspended restore their registration so they can enroll in National Health Insurance (NHI)?
- 3 Q2-3: What kind of medical care is available to inmates after they enter a correctional facility?
- 4 Q2-4: Are inmates with chronic illness able to receive treatment during incarceration?
- 5 Q2-5: What happens when an inmate needs to take medications during detention or incarceration period?
- 6 Q2-6: Do inmates in correctional facilities have NHI coverage? Do they need to pay for the insurance?
- 7 Q2-7: Do inmates with national health insurance (NHI) need to pay when they see doctors? What are the expenses?
- 8 Q2-8: For inmates who owe premiums on national health insurance (NHI) before entering a correctional facility, will the Ministry of Justice pay the premiums on their behalf?
- 9 Q2-9: How do inmates without national health insurance (NHI) seek medical treatment? Who will pay for their expenses?
- 10 Q2-10: What happens if an inmate cannot afford to see a doctor?
- 11 Q2-11: What should an inmate do when he or she receives a notice from the correctional facility to pay medical expenses?
- 12 Q2-12: Under what conditions can inmates receive medical treatment outside correctional facilities? Will their relatives be notified?
- 13 Q2-13: Can inmates designate the time and the hospital when they have been approved to seek outside medical care under escort?
- 14 Q2-14: What are the criteria and application procedure for prisoners to seek out-of-prison medical treatment on bail?
- 15 Q2-15: How should prisoners behave themselves when they receive out-of-prison medical treatment on bail?
- 16 Q2-16: If a prisoner dies while out on bail for medical treatment, what should his or her relatives do?