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The Regulation on Procedures and Principles in Relation to
Reimbursement of Health Care Costs for the Victims of Road
Traffic Accidents
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Att. Ceyda Büyükoral
The Scope and aim of the Regulation
The Regulation on Procedures and Principles governing the
reimbursement for medical treatment and prescription costs that entitled to
the People who suffered from a personal injury as a result of Road Traffic
Accidents (“Regulation”) has entered into force by being published in the
Official Gazette dated 27.08.2011 and numbered 28038.
The aim of the Regulation is to determine the personal injury claim
procedures and legal principles in respect of reimbursement and collection
of medical treatment costs that the victims are entitled to compensate
their damages caused by road traffic accidents.
The provisions of the Regulation, comprise within this scope, are the
road traffic accidents -car crashes, collisions- occurred in our country’s
highways and the types of insurance covers; CompulsoryMotor Insurance,
Compulsory Transport Insurance and Passenger Transport Insurance.
The definitions under the Regulation are as follows:
• “Institution” is defined as Social Security Institution;
• “Assurance Account” is defined as the account, opened by
Association of the Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of
Turkey within the frame of Insurance Code dated 03.06.2007 and
numbered 5684;
• “Office” is defined as Turkish Motor Vehicles Office established
and operating its activities within the frame of the Regulation
Regarding Working Procedures and Principles of Turkish Motor
Vehicles Office published in the Official Gazette dated 28.06.2008
and numbered 26920;
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Article of September 2011